Fair Trade............or IS it?
30 April 2010, 11:31 AM
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Fair Trade............or IS it?
Been looking at these for some time, and again since the wife chose "Fair Trade" sugar from Sainsway's this weekend.
Now someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I THOUGHT the idea of these products was that they would be more simply packaged, would cut out as many middle men as possible and would end up giving more of the profits to the farmers who GROW the stuff rather than the supermarkets?
So how come they are ALWAYS more expensive than the non-"Fair Trade" stuff?
It would appear that our old friends the supermarkets are NOT giving them their bigger cut, we, the customer, are?
Now someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I THOUGHT the idea of these products was that they would be more simply packaged, would cut out as many middle men as possible and would end up giving more of the profits to the farmers who GROW the stuff rather than the supermarkets?
So how come they are ALWAYS more expensive than the non-"Fair Trade" stuff?
It would appear that our old friends the supermarkets are NOT giving them their bigger cut, we, the customer, are?
30 April 2010, 11:45 AM
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The description law on the products is very misleading. . . .
If a product contains many ingredients and one of them is Fair Trade - then it can be classed as "fair trade" - regardless of the source of the other ingredients.
It also has no reflection on the manufacturing conditions.
If a product contains many ingredients and one of them is Fair Trade - then it can be classed as "fair trade" - regardless of the source of the other ingredients.
It also has no reflection on the manufacturing conditions.
30 April 2010, 01:48 PM
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I watched a program recently looking into cadbury and where they source their fair trade cocoa beans, and apparently there is no proof of them being fair trade as their supplier is not the people wha pick/pack them.
There is no documentation of the process OR if the workers ate paid accordingly.
Cadbury simply buy the beans off someone who will supply them with the 'understanding' that they are fair trade.
Nothing FAIRtrade about it.
30 April 2010, 01:56 PM
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Take a look at ... http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4788662.stm ... and ... http://www.igreens.org.uk/fairtrade_fat_cats.htm ... for some less than favourable news on FT. Never buy it myself. Too pricey for no difference. And if you quote the *it all helps the poor islanders etc* well that's b*llux as the supermarkets are there to help themselves and noone else.
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