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26 Sep Keswick Agricultural Show 2019

Keswick Fair Trade Campaign were present at Keswick Agricultural show with a stand focussing on Fair Trade Chocolate.  Bernadette Fagan had created a display to demonstrate how Fairtrade Chocolate and Cocoa can be used to make Christmas gifts and Tree Decorations. Passers-by were invited to sample...

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19 Aug Keswick Agricultural Show 2019

Keswick and District Fair Trade Campaign will have a presence in a tent at the Keswick Agricultural Show on Monday August 26th. We will be focusing on chocolate in our displays and information.  Despite the world’s love for chocolate, it is a precarious way of making...

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29 Apr Further News of Fairtrade

You might not know that White Stuff on the corner of St. John’s Street in Keswick is selling a few Fairtrade cotton clothes. On Tuesday 7th May at 7.00 pm, Mike Glover and Jo Alberti from the Keswick Fair Trade Campaign will be speaking at...

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07 Jan Traidcraft

**January 2023 ~ Traidcraft, one of the Fairtrade Foundation's founding members, has now sadly gone into Administration ~ more news as it becomes available **   We  would also encourage you to buy presents and provisions from Traidcraft, the Fairtrade pioneer.     As many of you will...

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01 Nov Don’t Ditch Fairtrade

  On Saturday 28th October four members of Keswick Fair Trade Campaign stood outside Sainsbury’s in  Cockermouth:  they talked  to customers and collected signatures on a letter to the store manager.  The letter called attention of the manager to the concerns of those who shopped at...

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27 Jun Keswick Fairtrade, Sainsbury’s and Cadbury

The Keswick Fair Trade Campaign are concerned about a recent development announced by Sainsbury’s which is the world’s largest retailer of Fairtrade products. Four Sainsbury’s executives met farmers from some of Africa’s biggest tea-growing co-operatives in Nairobi last month. Fairtrade certification establishes strict rules to...

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07 Jun Fairtrade International Welcomes Merger of Rainforest Alliance and UTZ

7 June, 2017 Fairtrade International congratulates Rainforest Alliance and UTZ on their recently announced merger. In particular, the further lessening of compliance and auditing demands for farmers and workers currently certified under the two schemes. “On behalf of the entire Fairtrade system, I want to congratulate everyone in...

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05 Jun Nestlé Adopts Fairtrade Sourcing Program

5 June, 2017 Nestlé has announced it will change the way it sources Fairtrade ingredients for its KitKat 2 and 4 finger chocolate. From 5 June, the company will switch from sourcing All That Can Be Fairtrade to sourcing cocoa, sugar and vanilla through the Fairtrade Cocoa,...

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