Tag: Coffee

Three Fairtrade co-ops in rural Uganda are seeking new ways to help their members access not just power, but clean and reliable solar energy.

World Fair Trade Day makes a splash on 8 May – the perfect chance to shine a spotlight on some…

We’ve rounded up the freshest Fairtrade products to hit the shelves featuring heart-shaped chocolates and a bespoke Fairtrade gold ring…

Here is our pick of 14 ethical Fairtrade coffees tried and tested and chosen for their people-friendly and eco-friendly credentials

On the 31 October the Fairtrade Foundation took part in the Virtual Global Coffee Festival by hosting a panel discussion titled: ‘Fairtrade Presents: The Women Behind…

Despite coffee’s popularity and lucrative value, the average non-Fairtrade coffee farmer lives on as little as £1.37 a day. How can this be?

If young people seeking further education desert coffee farms en masse, where will the next generation of coffee farmers come from?

Marriages end all the time, yes, but for me, it wasn’t just a marriage that ended, it was a process, a big happily-ever-after plan that had ended. Like many who had attained university education, I had migrated to the city of lights from a little village called Kamutira in Kirinyaga County, Kenya.

Farmers and workers in the global south are often living on thin margins even during ‘normal’ times.

At Fairtrade, our mission is to help farmers and workers in some of the world’s poorest countries to get a better deal and escape poverty. We’re deeply worried that this virus will devastate the communities we work with – not only because of its impact on people’s health, but also the very real possibility that containment measures will cause widespread hardship to people’s incomes and wages.