Fairtrade with mangoes

Mangoes

We introduce the world's 1st time ever Fairtrade mango in 2001. Mangoes are a seasonal fruit so we buy them from different Fairtrade mango growers all over the world depending on the time of year.

Fairtrade mangoes Between March and June each year, you will see that your Co-operative Fairtrade mangoes generally come from Burkina Faso, a small surrounded by land country in West Africa, which is among the poorest in the world. Here, thanks to Fairtrade, 2 co-ops of small farmers, FEDAF with 250 growers, and UPPFL with 70 growers, have a successful mango business, which is in a straight line benefiting their families and their community.

Previously at UPPFL, the Fairtrade Premium has funded the building of a building to house the local library, chemists and serve as a central information point for all the growers. Last year the Fairtrade premium was used by the mango growers in Burkina Faso to..

1. Provide hospital and classroom equipment,

2. Provide training for mango producers

3. Provide training for women on sanitation and disease

4. Improve sanitation facilities in a number of villages.

UPPFL, the Fairtrade Premium has funded the building of a building to house the local library, chemists and serve as a central information point for all growers.

World’s Longest Bunting Fair Trade

World Fair Trade day, Saturday 14th May was the day the Fair Trade institution chose to hang their fair trade cotton flags in Battersea Park. This world record breaking challenge meant that 3.4 kilometers of streamer was hung throughout the park to raise consciousness of the unfair trading condition for cotton farmers in West Africa.

The campaign which was kick off during fair trade fortnight attracted over 130,000 being pieces of fair trade cotton bunting from towns, universities and other groups all through the UK. This was hung as a message to the UK Government and European Parliaments to stop excessive cotton subsidy.

This year we supported fair trade fortnight by hold a fair trade tea celebration where the team ate fair trade food and drank fair trade tea, coffee and hot chocolate. The Myakka store Outlet team also wore fair trade cotton t-shirts throughout the fortnight.

To find out more information on the Fair Trade Foundations campaigns as well as more information on the world record breaking challenge. They are waiting to hear from Guinness World Records for their approval of the record breaking attempt.