Thanks for this Barbara, It is wonderful news. The work on a fair trade mark for UK farmers is obviously gaining momentum. I have copied this to the usual...
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Bruce Crowther
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Oct 4, 2002 6:36 pm
Thanks for that Andy, It was most useful. We had Sally Keeble (Under Secretary of State for DfID) in Garstang yesterday and the subject of honey came up. It...
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Bruce Crowther
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Oct 6, 2002 9:49 pm
Something of interest around the concept of a Fair Trade Mark for UK farmers is that Bowland milk has been on sale in the local supermarket chain Booths for...
Yes, here at Stoke on Trent. There is a bit of a legal minefield and I will get back to you on Friday - too late now to type all the stuff and big day on the...
Hello Linda Please add STOKE ON TRENT motion approved in full Council 10th October 2002. More info later. Cllr Peter Kent-Baguley convenor, Stoke on Trent...
Hi Peter, I've added Stoke on Trent to the list - congratulations on getting the resolution passed! Would you please let me know which county you're in and the...
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Roy Ellis
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Oct 11, 2002 9:11 am
Linda, News of progress towards Fairtrade towns in Somerset. You probably know that Wells is already on the Fairtrade Foundation's list of Fairtrade cities....
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Bruce Crowther
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Oct 11, 2002 9:55 am
Dear Lynn, Great to hear about your wonderful work! You seem to be working for a far more forward thinking Borough Council than ours. Wyre Borough rejected a...
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Bundy Riley
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Oct 11, 2002 10:16 am
Hi Lynn, So glad you have found the discussion group, I have Roger Allen's email it is rallen@.... He spoke to me about a paper that a local ...
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Bruce Crowther
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Oct 11, 2002 10:17 am
Dear Barbara, Thanks for your reply. It was very interesting to read that the 'fair trade' concept was thought of so long back although I couldn't find a date?...
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Bundy Riley
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Oct 11, 2002 10:35 am
Dear Roy Just in case you don't know, Wiltshire is going to produce a 'proper pucker directory' its FT only not local produce (shame) but you may want to ...
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Bruce Crowther
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Oct 11, 2002 7:22 pm
Great to hear about what is going on in Somerset Roy, I was particularly interested to hear about Frome's fair trade / local produce directory. We produced a...
Thanks for your message Linda. The City is in Staffordshire and the population is 250,000. The City Council is a unitary authority ie independent of all other...
Hi Lynn, Re formalising the setup of a local group; our group got onto a more formal footing this week, due to the need to set up a bank account because at our...
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Bruce Crowther
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Oct 13, 2002 5:31 pm
Thanks for that Stuart, I was rather hoping that Lancaster might have gone for that title. Well we can't have everything in the North West after all we already...
We're working on making Cambridge a fair trade university. The university groups (Oxfam, People & Planet) are very active on fair trade - they put together...
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Roy Ellis
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Oct 18, 2002 11:12 am
Thanks Bruce. I'm not sure about becoming a Fairtrade county. There are still some 'black holes' in Somerset where there is very little Fairtrade activity but...
Hello Linda, Please add Stoke on Trent to your list: STOKE ON TRENT Satffordshire 250.000 F/T status: Council resolution passed unanimously 10th October 2002. ...
Sorry Linda - I've been so busy with Ciuncil work I had overlooked this reply from you so ignore my earlier (this evening) message! Best wishes, Peter. ... ...
Hi, I would be interested to see a copy of your constitution as we are in the process at Stoke on Trent. All help welcome etc! best wishes, Peter Kent-Baguley...
Stoke on Trent City Council unanimously approved on 10/10/02: That the authority commits its support for and adopts the principles of the Fairtrade Foundation...
I came across this page on the Global Exchange website - they are encouraging FT activists to make their cities Fair Trade Zones. Although the emphasis is on...
Does any one know of any fair trade groups in the Lambeth area, or of groups or people who might be interested? Amanda Taylor is the Cambridge City Councillor...
Dear All, We had a unanimous decision at one of our council meetings earlier in the year (London Borough of Croydon). Our 'Croydon Fairtrade Network' marched...
Our Bolton Group has just produced a Fairtrade Certificate for Shops/cafes/faith communities. It's A4 and laminated so at to be put up on cafe walls, church...
Congratulations Jim...I was just beginning to think about that very need while walking through the City centre today...so yes, I would be delighted to receive...
Hi, me again Jim (Peter at Stoke on Trent). I had worked out from Sarah Garden's ratios that we would need (for city pop of 250,000): 40 retail outlets ie...
27 is one per 10,000 population (Bolton is 269,000) and 14 is one per 20,000. I've just checked the FT Foundation web-site to see that I have the figures...
Copy atached Peter. We simply put the appropriate word instead of Cafe - Shop/Canteen/Church/Faith Community ...etc. Hope it's useful to you. Cheers - Jim. ...
