Author: Fairtrade Foundation

Melissa Hemsley bakes tahini and Fairtrade chocolate chip cookies with fellow cook Rosie Birkett for Fairtrade Fortnight.

I wouldn’t dare call this dauphinoise, but the principle is the same, except the potato is cooked in creamy coconut milk spiked with the golden goodness of turmeric and ginger, freshened with thinly sliced spring onion. It’s rich and warming but surprisingly delicate. Use coconut milk instead of lamb fat to make this recipe vegan.

Anna Jones shares her delicious Fairtrade chocolate and blood orange freezer cake recipe and tells us why she chooses Fairtrade ingredients.

The biodiversity and growing conditions of a plant or product affect its flavour. Chocolate is a perfect example of this. Try this recipe and experiment for yourself.

By Peter Ehrenberger. A dry heat hangs heavily over the Ivorian cocoa forest located near the city of Divo

If we truly want to build back fairer, then businesses, civil society and governments must put women’s rights squarely at the centre of post-pandemic recovery plans.

10 facts about Fairtrade chocolate. What was the first ever Fairtrade chocolate bar and where does cocoa grow? Read this to find out.

Eileen was an expert in media and PR: never in the limelight and never needing or desiring to be. It may sound like a contradiction, but Eileen was self-effacing and modest while having complete confidence that her skillset would help propel the organisations she worked for into the spotlight and deliver their messages to an audience of millions.

Natural vanilla has drawn attention in recent years due to its soaring price, rivalling even silver in 2017. While that might on the surface seem like a good thing for vanilla farmers, the instability of the market for the world’s second most expensive spice (after saffron) does much more harm than good.

Find out more about what is Fairtrade, why Fairtrade matters and the history of Fairtrade.