19th February 2009

Fairtrade sales continue to rise

The Fairtrade Foundation announced today that Fairtrade sales rose 43 percent over 2007, defying the economic downturn and reaching an estimated retail value of £700m in 2008. The number of families regularly buying ethical tea, coffee, fruit and clothes in 2008 rose by 1.3 million to 18 million.

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    Videos and transcripts from Trading Visions discussion events

ESSENTIAL READING

  • Bitter Sweets
    Fortune Magazine long read by Brian O'Keefe who travels to Ivory Coast and Ghana to investigate child labour in the cocoa sector.

  • Cocoa Barometer 2015
    The Cocoa Barometer 2015 provides an overview of the current sustainability developments in the cocoa sector.

  • Paying the price of chocolate: Breaking cocoa farming's cycle of poverty
    Confectionery News article discussing whether raising retail prices for chocolate could incentivise cocoa farmers to invest in farms, bring them out of poverty and keep the next generation growing cocoa.

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    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.