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  • A sugarcane farmer in Fiji

    Fairtrade is working to sweeten the deal for sugarcane farmers in Fiji

    20 December 2018 by Astra Rushton-Allan

    Sugarcane may not be the first thing that people associate with the tropical vistas of Fiji, but on the country’s two main islands of Viti Levu and Vanua Levu, sugarcane, or dovu in Fijian, has been embedded in the landscape since the late 1800s.

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  • 12 Days of Fairtrade Gifts

    Fairtrade's 2018 Christmas gift guide

    19 November 2018 by Iain Strachan

    Christmas is fast approaching and we’re all facing the same dilemma; what to buy for the special, conscious consumers in our lives.

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  • Marion Ng’ang’a of Fairtrade Africa

    Changing gender inequalities on Kenyan coffee farms

    29 October 2018 by Marion Ng’ang’a of Fairtrade Africa

    Making Fairtrade personal and addressing gender inequalities and economic marginalization is the aim of a project to empower women coffee farmers in Kenya.

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  • The logo of Cafe Organica Marcala in Honduras

    How recycling is helping the environment in Honduras

    22 October 2018 by Katy O'Brien

    Encouraging sustainable business practice is crucial as we seek to meet the challenges of the 21st century.

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  • A food vendor

    CEO Blog: Farmers deserve a seat at the table

    12 October 2018 by By Molly Harriss Olson, CEO of Fairtrade Australia and New Zealand

    Farmers are the people who put food on our plates. So it’s only fair they get a seat at the table when the future of agriculture is under discussion.

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  • MFAT PROJECT PNG

    Increasing Access to Market for Papua New Guinea Coffee and Cocoa Farmers

    30 September 2018 by Astra Rushton-Allan

    In 2018, Fairtrade Australia & New Zealand (ANZ) launched its latest collaboration with the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT), a three year project aimed at increasing access to market for Fairtrade coffee and cocoa farmers in Papua New Guinea. This new project will run from January 2018 until June 2021 and aims to benefit an estimated 51,870 farmers and their households.

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  • Cocoa producers from CANN in the Ivory Coast

    Why the Commonwealth can mean more than medals

    16 April 2018 by Molly Harriss Olson

    Every four years, Australians are reminded of that remnant of British imperialism, the Commonwealth. And every four years, we ask ourselves the same question: is the Commonwealth really relevant?

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  • cocoa producer from ECOOKIM

    Ferrero chocolate a treat for farmers too

    21 March 2018 by Fairtrade Australia & New Zealand

    In Côte d’Ivoire there’s a union called ECOOKIM, made up of 23 cocoa-growing cooperatives covering more than 10,000 individual cocoa farmers. And they just got some very good news.

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  • Juvencio Membreño Herrera

    Fairtrade: Setting our sights on the future

    12 October 2017 by By Arisbe Mendoza Head of Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Fairtrade International

    Have you ever seen those house makeover shows? The ones where they transform a family’s run-down, drab house into a dazzling dream home in the space of a week, and everyone marvels at the before and after pictures.

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  • Dario Soto Abril

    Fairtrade: setting our sights on the future

    20 September 2017 by By Darío Soto Abril, CEO of Fairtrade International

    An opinion piece by Darío Soto Abril, Chief Executive Officer of Fairtrade International. This piece first appeared on PlanetaFuturo/ElPaís on September 19, 2017 and is reproduced with their kind permission.

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