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Club’s first meeting of 2012 - Arbroath Herald
Arbroath Herald
Club’s first meeting of 2012
Arbroath Herald
She then continued as leader of the Arbroath Fairtrade Action to give a short talk on what the group have achieved and what they have planned for the Fairtrade Fortnight. Mary added that she hopes that churches and schools will come on board so that ...
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Top 10 weird spa treatments - The Guardian
The Guardian
Top 10 weird spa treatments
The Guardian
It's based in the town named after Hershey himself, and a stay isn't complete without a visit to the Chocolate Spa for a gooey cocoa-based treatment – the new Cocoa Facial Experience is the first edible one. • Doubles from £164, 75-minute cocoa facial ...
Wee County's aim for Fairtrade status - Stirling Observer
Wee County's aim for Fairtrade status
Stirling Observer
Clackmannanshire Council has formally declared its commitment to fair trade and has nominated Depute Provost Janis Paterson, pictured, on to a Fairtrade Zone steering group. Fair trade provides a better deal for producers in developing countries, ...
Hotel Chocolat: Café concept launches, fine dining restaurant next - BigHospitality.co.uk
BigHospitality.co.uk
Hotel Chocolat: Café concept launches, fine dining restaurant next
BigHospitality.co.uk
Cocoa grower and chocolatier Hotel Chocolat has opened Roast + Conch, a casual café concept serving cocoa-based food and drink, in London's Seven Dials district of Covent Garden with plans for a fine dining restaurant in the UK to follow.
News in brief: Friday 3 Febraury - Greenock Telegraph
News in brief: Friday 3 Febraury
Greenock Telegraph
PLANS are in place to breathe new life in to a faltering campaign for Fairtrade status in Inverclyde. Councillors will be asked to approve a report that aims to re-launch a steering group and get things moving in the right direction.
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College creates links with Ghana - Rye and Battle Today
College creates links with Ghana
Rye and Battle Today
TAKING an active interest in Fairtrade led to Rye College students making a trip Africa. Last year saw the first exchange visit by Rye College to Presec, Tema, in Ghana. This inaugural trip developed from students supporting the Fairtrade committee ...
Rococo chocolate cruise in Grenada - TravelBite.co.uk
Rococo chocolate cruise in Grenada
TravelBite.co.uk
Grenadian cocoa is up there with the best. Learn more (and of course sample 'til your heart's content) on a chocolate-themed cruise. An exclusive and escorted visit to upscale chocolatier Rococo's Grenadian cocoa plantation is the highlight of Mundy ...
Brown & Newirth teams with Cred for Fairtrade line - Professional Jeweller
Professional Jeweller
Brown & Newirth teams with Cred for Fairtrade line
Professional Jeweller
By Rachael Taylor Brown and Newirth will create Fairtrade Fairmined rings under its own brand as well as that of Cred. Bridal jewellery manufacturer Brown & Newirth has signed a deal with ethical jeweller Cred to create a range of Fairtrade Fairmined ...
Brown & Newirth collaborates with Cred JewelleryRetail Jeweller
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Banana price crisis persists - Freshinfo
Banana price crisis persists
Freshinfo
But the most worrying thing about this quarter's figures could be that Sainsbury's is leading the retailer wars this time and making the largest reduction of 10p per kilo, despite its 100 per cent Fairtrade pledge. “I am surprised by Sainsbury's,” says ...
Sulawesi cocoa shipments down by almost a quarter - AgraNet (subscription)
Sulawesi cocoa shipments down by almost a quarter
AgraNet (subscription)
INDONESIA'S cocoa bean exports from its main growing island of Sulawesi slipped 23% in January from the same month a year ago, and was down 26% from the previous month, industry data showed on Wednesday. Sulawesi cocoa exports were at 8904 tonnes in ...
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Brazilian cocoa deliveries seen higher in the last week - AgraNet (subscription)
Brazilian cocoa deliveries seen higher in the last week
AgraNet (subscription)
COCOA deliveries to warehouses in Brazil's main producing state of Bahia rose in the last week, Bahia Commercial Association said, and the flow of beans from other states remained above the average level of the previous years. Brazil's October to April ...
Fairtrade partners with UK retailers - Ecotextile News
Fairtrade partners with UK retailers
Ecotextile News
LONDON - UK retailers M&S and Tesco have teamed up with The Fairtrade Foundation to help promote a wider range of certified products, including school uniforms. This will work in conjunction with a new “uniform finder” app which has been designed to ...
Open journalism: How to get involved – Thursday 2 February 2012 - The Guardian (blog)
The Guardian (blog)
Open journalism: How to get involved – Thursday 2 February 2012
The Guardian (blog)
Fair Trade: The Fairtrade mark is now 25 years old. But how successful has the fair trade movement been? What is its future? We're looking for insight on the debate. Culture 2012 blog: We've launched a new blog that aims to report on arts and culture ...
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Fairtrade towns come together - Rutherglen Reformer
Fairtrade towns come together
Rutherglen Reformer
CAMBUSLANG and Rutherglen Fairtrade Forum are joining together with their counterparts in East Kilbride, Strathaven, Uddingston and Hamilton to ask South Lanarkshire Council to create a Fairtrade Zone. The individual Fairtrade groups came together in ...
School delighted with its Fairtrade status - WalesOnline
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School delighted with its Fairtrade status
WalesOnline
by Our Correspondent, Glamorgan Gazette The prestigious title follows huge amounts of work by the children to promote the issues surrounding fairtrade. As part of its fairtrade work, Nottage Primary set up a special steering group made up of pupils, ...
Hat-trick for LawmuirBellshill Speaker
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School delighted with its Fairtrade status - WalesOnline
School delighted with its Fairtrade status
WalesOnline
by Our Correspondent, Glamorgan Gazette The prestigious title follows huge amounts of work by the children to promote the issues surrounding fairtrade. As part of its fairtrade work, Nottage Primary set up a special steering group made up of pupils, ...
Talk Point: Your views on fair trade - The Guardian
The Guardian
Talk Point: Your views on fair trade
The Guardian
Twenty-five years since the launch of the first Fairtrade label, the fair trade movement seems more popular than ever. Last year, 60% of consumers surveyed across 24 industrialised countries said they believed their shopping habits can make a ...
IDS research examines the impacts of fair trade for producers and workersInstitute of Development Studies
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Hat-trick for Lawmuir - Bellshill Speaker
Bellshill Speaker
Hat-trick for Lawmuir
Bellshill Speaker
CHILDREN and staff at Lawmuir Primary are celebrating the Bellshill school being awarded Fairtrade School status for the third year running. Over the past year Lawmuir pupils have taken part in a large number of activities to raise the awareness and ...
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Green Coffee to Reduce your Carbon Footprint - IBTimes.co.uk
IBTimes.co.uk
Green Coffee to Reduce your Carbon Footprint
IBTimes.co.uk
The small Fairtrade coffee business GreenCup is determined to make a difference while producing high-quality, organic coffee. The company is green in all senses of the word, making its best efforts to follow eco-friendly work practices and recycle ...
IDS research examines the impacts of fair trade for producers and workers - Institute of Development Studies
Institute of Development Studies
IDS research examines the impacts of fair trade for producers and workers
Institute of Development Studies
Research from Institute of Development Studies has shown that Fairtrade-certified bananas are improving producers' and workers' incomes in several countries, and improving working conditions. But the system continues to face challenges addressing ...
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Costing the Earth: Cocoa Loco
Radio programme investigating the current high price of cocoa and whether this commodity is the first of many to succumb to over-production and unrealistically cheap market prices.Choc-o-nomics: Why misguided western meddling can sour good ideas
A new book - Chocolate Nations by Orla Ryan - shows how there are no simple solutions to ensuring development goals are met in different countries.Craig Sams' review of Chocolate Wars, by Deborah Cadbury
A new book traces the story of the English Quaker chocolate dynasties and the evolution of the chocolate industry from tiny beginnings to what is now a $500bn global force.
Bring Fairtrade to life in your classroom with Pa Pa Paa LIVE! webcasts from a rural school in Ghana attended by Kuapa Kokoo farmers' children.