Thanks so much to Chris Hunt from the Croydon Fairtrade Network for letting me know of these events that are coming up in the South
1) April 26th: Fairtrade Dance and Auction
Venue: Regina Coeli school hall, Pampisford Road, South Croydon
Time: 7:30pm
Tickets: £7.50 – including Fish & Chip supper, bring your own drinks
2) May 3rd: The world’s best fudge comes to Croydon
There will be a tasting of Burnt Sugar fudge, voted the world’s best by Observer Food magazine earlier this year, at the Fair Enough shop, 136 Church St. Croydon CRO 1RF on May 3rd.
Come along and taste the fudge, made with Fairtrade sugar from Kenya, and other fairtrade ingredients where available.
May 3rd will also mark the start of our Spring sale – great reductions and some special purchases of Fairtrade items.
3) May 3rd: All Saint’s Warlingham Churchyard Fete
Burnt Sugar fudge tasting as well. Fair trade and other stalls.
The event will be opened by David Bellamy, at All Saint’s church in the centre of Warlingham – just South of Croydon
Hi! Today I bought myself a fair trade apple juice in the City University. It tasted really well, much better than any juice I have tried in London before. The pack says it was produced in South African Republic by the fair trade farmers.
But the thing I am worrying about is the extent to which Fair trade contributes to the economy and the people’s life. More money for producers means better quality products, but it also means that the producers will be able to improve their lives and economy will get a new customers, which will add-on another spin of improvements.
Should not fair trade rules be adopted wider, say for the products made in China by sweatshop labourers?
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