Hi all Thought it might be handy to feed in to recent discussions... Re the 'Show off your label' theme for Fairtrade Fortnight: We have been working closely...
Well I do quite like the 2011 theme and see ambiguity as an advantage as you can use it in different ways.  Whilst Fairtrade isn’t a label it can be ON...
I'm with Jim, it's really helpful to have the theme out this early to help our planning, so thanks for that Veronica. And good to have a reason to focus on...
Hi All New regional website for the South West went live on Monday - do take a look www.fairtradesouthwest.org.uk. Sorry for the delay in posting about it here...
I might have missed something in this discussion so please forgive me if I have. Surely we should not be focusing so much on the larger stores and getting them...
I think most of us try to keep the balance between these two things, Tony.  In a pragmatic sort of way, we hope to encourage people to buy Fairtrade clothes...
 Sue is right, we need to do both.  We have to be realistic about where most people shop and we want most people to have access to and buy Fairtrade. ...
While agreeing with Sue, I certainly do not feel happy about Jeanette's 3 Oxfam outlets decision to stop stocking Fairtrade. The range of products in the...
Yes, a lack of independent outlets means no counterweight to 100% Fairtrade company products being replaced by supermarket own brand Fairtrade products. Tom ...
Precisely the argument I'm having with our council, who don't see anything wrong with supermarkets taking over Fairtrade provision.  Sue ... From: Tom...
Thank you Ann. My sentiment exactly! Oxfam should have carried on selling Fairtrade products. We certainly need independant and smaller shops etc. selling...
Here here Tammy. The point is we haven't won by a long chalk! What % of world trade is Fair Trade? Precisely. Oxfam should reconsider their strategy. Peter...
What would also be REALLY helpful, as I have said many a time to Veronica, would be to have far more advance notice of overseas F/T producer speakers. I have...
Isn't everyone forgetting that a lot more Fairtrade is now being sold because of supermarkets etc? If people don’t buy it there, they’ll stop stocking it...
One of the problems Oxfam shops have is that if the volume of FT trade isn't high enough stocks go past their expiry date and that tends to be more likely when...
The key point our local Oxfam manager is making is that there wasn't much profit from Fairtrade items. She's delighted to be able to fill the shops with ...
Really interesting reading this discussion. Our Oxfam has been one of those that never stocked Fairtrade and the volunteers, while happy to put up the odd...
Hello all I just realized that we haven't posted a message here to let you know that you can now register for the 2010 Supporter Conference online. We have...
Just to let you know that the lovely Sainsburys Fairtrade Fruit Bars some of you recently kindly sampled for Tropical Wholefoods (2 flavours: - Banana & Mango,...
Hi all Thought you might like to see this story that ran on BBC news yesterday: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-11139512 Best wishes Veronica ... The...
Hi all We had an email from a young campaigner asking us to support her bid to be part of a programme on Channel 4 with her Fairtrade campaign. Perhaps you...
Just a warning to fellow reactionaries like myself, if you want to vote for Jo or any of the many other estimable candidates, it turns out you have to register...
You don't, just follow the link given and click on the "vote" button on Jo's photo. It then asks for your name & email, and registers your vote. I think you...
Hello Veronica When I vote on the page linked to (which highlights Jo, so I assume that I'm voting for her, though the VOTE form doesn't say so) nothing at all...
It sounds like its probably a problem/incompatibility with your browser. The system (apparently) only registers one vote per e-mail address, so hopefully at...
Just a couple of questions.  Like me many of you will have heard that phrase 'I don't like Fairtrade coffee'. Can anyone tell me how different coffees are...
Hi Ann There are, we would guess, roughly 800 different Fairtrade certified coffees, all the way from supermarket own label to stuff like Cafedirect, Union,...
