Contents
4 Foreword
Fairtrade Mark Ireland
Minister of State for Overseas Development Michael Carmichael House, North Brunswick Street, Dublin 7
Kitt TD talks about building the capacity of Fairtrade
Tel: 01 475 3515
producers in Central America
Email:
info@fairtrade.ie
Web:
www.fairtrade.ie
5 Introduction
Front cover:
Colin Roche, policy and advocacy co-ordinator with
Laxmiben and Punjiben, cotton farmers, Agrocel Cotton Growers’ Association, India
Oxfam Ireland and chair of Fairtrade Mark Ireland,
Photograph by Marcus Lyon and Simon Rawles
on why everyone needs to play his or her part in the
Fairtrade movement
6 On the ground
We talk to the people who can see the difference
Fairtrade makes on a daily basis in Belize, the
/ U R & A I R T R A D E
Windward Islands and Tanzania
8 Coffee
One of the best-selling Fairtrade products, coffee is
going from strength to strength in Ireland. We talk to
R A N G E I S G R O W I N G
the key people behind its positioning here, from
coffee suppliers to cafe owners
9 Tea
A L L T H E T I M E
Gerry Murphy, marketing director of Robert Roberts,
explains why so much of its tea is now Fairtrade
10, 11 & 17 Fairtrade Towns
3 O M E T H I N G W O R T H
We profile Kinsale, the winner of the Fairtrade Town
of the Year award, and highlight other towns that
have been particularly progressive
12 Supermarkets
R A I S I N G A G L A S S T O
The multiples are continuing to promote Fairtrade
products in increasingly innovative ways
13 Distribution
Fairtrade produce is now available in vending
( E R E S T O O U R E V E R E X P A N D I N G & A I R T R A D E R A N G E 7 H E T H E R I T S
machines, and suppliers are driving change in how
A # H I L E A N 3 H I R A Z - E X I C A N A V O C A D O O R T H E - A L A W I A N S U G A R
it’s promoted in supermarkets
U S E D I N O U R J A M S A N D P R E S E R V E S T H E G R O W E R S A L L R E C E I V E
A F A I R P R I C E F O R T H E I R G O O D S ! N D A S A L L T H E T E A A N D C O F F E E
14 Cotton
W E S E L L I S N O W & A I R T R A D E S I N C E & E B R U A R Y L A S T Y E A R W E V E
It’s a growing commodity carrying the FAIRTRADE
S O L D T H E E Q U I V A L E N T O F M I L L I O N C U P S 4 H I S C O N T I N U E D
Mark — we look at the trend in clothing in Ireland
C O M M I T M E N T T O & A I R T R A D E F O O D A N D D R I N K E N S U R E S F A R M E R S
A N D W O R K E R S T H R O U G H O U T T H E W O R L D W I L L H A V E A B E T T E R
15 Chocolate
S T A N D A R D O F L I V I N G 3 O N E X T T I M E Y O U C R A C K O P E N A B O T T L E
Two Irish companies are keeping things sweet with
O F R E D T H E P E O P L E O F , O S 2 O B L E S # H I L E W O U L D L I K E T O S A Y
their Fairtrade chocolate brands @ C H E E R S
16 Schools
It all starts with young people — we look at some
particularly proactive schools around the country
18 Irish Aid
Kieran Durnien, Fairtrade Labelling Organizations
International (FLO) liaison officer for Central America,
highlights what’s happening with coffee production in
Honduras
19 Other labelling systems
What do they all mean and how do they relate to
Fairtrade?
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