Comments for Fairtrade for a Londoner's Weblog http://fairtradelondon.wordpress.com Just another WordPress.com weblog Thu, 15 May 2008 19:22:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU Comment on About by Shauna Chapman http://fairtradelondon.wordpress.com/about/#comment-111 Shauna Chapman Wed, 14 May 2008 23:57:32 +0000 #comment-111 Barbara, you're right! Devon won't be the first Fairtrade county! Oh well...I think there ought to be a race NOT to be the last Fairtrade county/city! Fairtrade your heart out every body! Shauna Chapman Quail By Mail - ethical, organic and Fairtrade womens clothing made in Devon Barbara, you’re right! Devon won’t be the first Fairtrade county! Oh well…I think there ought to be a race NOT to be the last Fairtrade county/city! Fairtrade your heart out every body!

Shauna Chapman
Quail By Mail - ethical, organic and Fairtrade womens clothing made in Devon

]]> Comment on About by Paul http://fairtradelondon.wordpress.com/about/#comment-110 Paul Tue, 13 May 2008 03:16:39 +0000 #comment-110 Folks, Half of all the Sainsbury's stores now stock Liberation nuts, we would like to be in as many as possible. Can you do us all a favour and ensure your local store stocks the nuts? You will find them in the snacking section...if they're not there please ask for them! We need to sell thousands per week through JS to retain our listing so we have our work cut out, losing the listing would be a disaster for us and could impact on the producers further down the line. Appreciate all your help, and keep up the great work you're all doing! Folks,

Half of all the Sainsbury’s stores now stock Liberation nuts, we would like to be in as many as possible. Can you do us all a favour and ensure your local store stocks the nuts? You will find them in the snacking section…if they’re not there please ask for them! We need to sell thousands per week through JS to retain our listing so we have our work cut out, losing the listing would be a disaster for us and could impact on the producers further down the line. Appreciate all your help, and keep up the great work you’re all doing!

]]> Comment on About by Jamal http://fairtradelondon.wordpress.com/about/#comment-99 Jamal Sun, 27 Apr 2008 06:30:48 +0000 #comment-99 Good luck! Really enjoyed reading the blog - keep up the good work. Good luck! Really enjoyed reading the blog - keep up the good work.

]]> Comment on About by Barbara http://fairtradelondon.wordpress.com/about/#comment-89 Barbara Thu, 17 Apr 2008 22:53:46 +0000 #comment-89 Hi - what a great blog... but what about putting the official Fairtrade London website (www.fairtradelondon.org.uk) as one of your right hand links too? Shauna - your shop in Brixham sounds like a great opportunity, I hope you managed to sell lots of stuff. It's great about Devon wanting to be a Fairtrade country, but there are already some counties that have achieved this, so you won't be the first. Wales is really gunning it, they've got campaigns in every county and almost every single town now, with several having met the goals already. I reckon the South East of the country has some major catching up to do....! C'mon Londoners! On this subject, if anyone lives in the Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, we're trying to get a campaign network together. You can join a newly started Facebook group - just paste this link into your browser to find it.... We're hoping to have a presence at the Earls Court Food Festival on 6th July, as part of the wider London campaign. There will also be loads of other fair trade stuff there, so come along! http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=5897688699 Barbara Hi - what a great blog… but what about putting the official Fairtrade London website (www.fairtradelondon.org.uk) as one of your right hand links too?

Shauna - your shop in Brixham sounds like a great opportunity, I hope you managed to sell lots of stuff. It’s great about Devon wanting to be a Fairtrade country, but there are already some counties that have achieved this, so you won’t be the first. Wales is really gunning it, they’ve got campaigns in every county and almost every single town now, with several having met the goals already.

I reckon the South East of the country has some major catching up to do….! C’mon Londoners!

On this subject, if anyone lives in the Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, we’re trying to get a campaign network together. You can join a newly started Facebook group - just paste this link into your browser to find it…. We’re hoping to have a presence at the Earls Court Food Festival on 6th July, as part of the wider London campaign. There will also be loads of other fair trade stuff there, so come along!
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=5897688699

Barbara

]]> Comment on Croydon’s Fairtrade Events by Alisher Akhmetov http://fairtradelondon.wordpress.com/2008/04/15/croydons-fairtrade-events/#comment-88 Alisher Akhmetov Tue, 15 Apr 2008 22:43:59 +0000 http://fairtradelondon.wordpress.com/?p=55#comment-88 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? http://foodshortage.wordpress.com 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?
http://foodshortage.wordpress.com

]]> Comment on About by Christopher Hunt http://fairtradelondon.wordpress.com/about/#comment-82 Christopher Hunt Tue, 15 Apr 2008 12:57:19 +0000 #comment-82 I don't know whether this is an appropriate forum, but there are a few Fair Trade events coming up in Croydon and surrounding area: 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 Best wishes Christopher Hunt Croydon Fairtrade Network I don’t know whether this is an appropriate forum, but there are a few Fair Trade events coming up in Croydon and surrounding area:

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

Best wishes

Christopher Hunt
Croydon Fairtrade Network

]]> Comment on From Fairtrade to Fair Wage by fair trade gift list http://fairtradelondon.wordpress.com/2008/04/01/from-fairtrade-to-fair-wage/#comment-65 fair trade gift list Wed, 02 Apr 2008 09:16:38 +0000 http://fairtradelondon.wordpress.com/?p=37#comment-65 Yeah it's disgusting but that's the Tories for you! Yeah it’s disgusting but that’s the Tories for you!

]]> Comment on From Fairtrade to Fair Wage by fairtradelondon http://fairtradelondon.wordpress.com/2008/04/01/from-fairtrade-to-fair-wage/#comment-64 fairtradelondon Wed, 02 Apr 2008 08:56:42 +0000 http://fairtradelondon.wordpress.com/?p=37#comment-64 Ah ok, I still haven't registered yet haha.. will get on that asap! Who are you voting for? x Ah ok, I still haven’t registered yet haha.. will get on that asap! Who are you voting for? x

]]> Comment on From Fairtrade to Fair Wage by Rob Blackie http://fairtradelondon.wordpress.com/2008/04/01/from-fairtrade-to-fair-wage/#comment-63 Rob Blackie Wed, 02 Apr 2008 06:41:26 +0000 http://fairtradelondon.wordpress.com/?p=37#comment-63 Actually you could vote Brian first choice and Ken second choice if you're really worried about Boris getting elected. So your flatmate doesn't have a point and clearly doesn't understand the electoral system... :) Actually you could vote Brian first choice and Ken second choice if you’re really worried about Boris getting elected. So your flatmate doesn’t have a point and clearly doesn’t understand the electoral system… :)

]]> Comment on About by Shauna Chapman http://fairtradelondon.wordpress.com/about/#comment-61 Shauna Chapman Thu, 27 Mar 2008 23:43:54 +0000 #comment-61 Hi! I live in a Fairtrade Town in South Devon having recently moved here from London Bridge. Devon is keen to be the UK's first Fairtrade county. The reason I moved to Devon was so that I could operate my ethical fashion label called Quail By Mail. I specialise in clothing made from organic and Fairtrade handloomed cotton. Earlier this month a few Fairtraders and I teamed up and snagged a rent free shop on the Brixham high street for the whole of Fairtrade Fortnight to sell Fairtrade clothing and food. It was an amazing experience because not only did it create a community buzz but we educated a lot of people about what Fairtrade is about, the labeling system etc. I've been buying Fairtrade products since the late 1990s and I'm only 37 years old but I was surprised to find so many people who really had no idea what Fairtrade was! So my fellow shop keepers and I Fairtraded our little hearts out and spread the word to the masses. Good luck with the blog. Can I link my blog to yours? cheers Shauna Chapman Quail By Mail, Devon Hi!

I live in a Fairtrade Town in South Devon having recently moved here from London Bridge. Devon is keen to be the UK’s first Fairtrade county.

The reason I moved to Devon was so that I could operate my ethical fashion label called Quail By Mail. I specialise in clothing made from organic and Fairtrade handloomed cotton.

Earlier this month a few Fairtraders and I teamed up and snagged a rent free shop on the Brixham high street for the whole of Fairtrade Fortnight to sell Fairtrade clothing and food. It was an amazing experience because not only did it create a community buzz but we educated a lot of people about what Fairtrade is about, the labeling system etc. I’ve been buying Fairtrade products since the late 1990s and I’m only 37 years old but I was surprised to find so many people who really had no idea what Fairtrade was! So my fellow shop keepers and I Fairtraded our little hearts out and spread the word to the masses.

Good luck with the blog. Can I link my blog to yours?

cheers

Shauna Chapman
Quail By Mail, Devon

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