What is the theme for Fairtrade Fortnight 2021?
The theme of Fairtrade Fortnight 2021 is the growing challenges that climate change brings to farmers and workers in the communities Fairtrade works with.
What does Fairtrade Fortnight do?
Fairtrade Fortnight is an annual promotional campaign which happens once every year, organized and funded by the Fairtrade Foundation to increase awareness of Fairtrade products.
What is Fairtrade Fortnight ks2?
What is Fairtrade Fortnight? Fairtrade Fortnight runs every year for two weeks. Its aim is to transform the farming industry, and to ensure that farmers and workers get a fair deal for the food they grow.
What can we do for Fairtrade?
PROMOTE FAIR TRADE
- Buy Fair Trade products from your local stores and supermarkets, and encourage your family, friends and colleagues to do the same.
- If your favourite store or supermarket is not selling Fair Trade products, ask the store manager/owner to include Fair Trade merchandise.
What is the focus of this years Fairtrade Fortnight?
This year, the focus of Fairtrade Fortnight is climate change, and the growing problems this poses to farmers and workers within the Fairtrade community.
What does the Fairtrade logo look like?
The Fairtrade Mark symbol is made up of a blue sky that symbolises optimism, and an arm, raised in the air – this symbolises empowerment. The Fairtrade Mark also incorporates the colour green to symbolise growth. Fairtrade products come from over 70 different countries from around the world.
What are some examples of Fairtrade?
Fair Trade standards, according to Fair Trade USA include:
- Access to basic services like clean water education and health care.
- Fundamental human rights.
- The right to safe working condition.
- Sustainable production and farming practices.
- Improved working conditions.
- Better prices and wages for farmers and workers.
What is fair trade lesson?
Fair Trade is a method of buying and selling of farmed goods that ensures all farmers are paid a fair price for what they produce and sell. In the words of the World Fair Trade Organisation: “Fair Trade is a tangible contribution to the fight against poverty, climate change, and global economic crises.”
What are some examples of fair trade?
Why do we need Fairtrade?
Fairtrade enables consumers to demand a better deal for those that produce our food. Through choosing Fairtrade consumers can demand the highest standards from business and government, ensuring people and planet are not exploited to create the products we enjoy.
Why is Fairtrade important ks2?
Fair trade allows farmers to be paid a fair price for the things they make and to have better working conditions. Some products that do not have a fair trade logo have been made by workers who are not paid enough to live.