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How Fairtrade is Tackling Child Labour

It’s the silent scourge of our globalized trade system: roughly 152 million children trapped in child labour, many of them working inside the global food chain. How can we eliminate child labour once and for all?

7 min read | June 7, 2021

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‘We all need a healthy planet to thrive’ – Q&A with Fairtrade’s Climate Advisor

A Q&A with Fairtrade’s Climate Advisor on our mission to tackle climate change.

5 min read | June 3, 2021

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A fair future for South African wine

The wine sector is slowly recovering from a difficult 2020. We spoke to wine producers to understand the impact of the pandemic.

4 min read | April 16, 2021

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Anything but ‘plain’: Exploring sustainable vanilla prices to achieve a living income for farmers

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.

4 min read | November 12, 2019

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