Posts Tagged: fair trade

Is Fair Trade unfair?

Posted by & filed under The politics of food.

I’ll let the Adam Smith Institute tell it how it is on how unfair Fair Trade may be and what the alternatives are. You can download a pdf of the report Unfair Trade. “Unfair Trade argues that for all its good intentions, Fairtrade is not fair. Firstly, by guaranteeing certified farmers a minimum price for… Read more »

Fairer than fair trade chocolate

Posted by & filed under Chocolate, Recipes & ingredients.

One of the founders of Malagasy, a company from the north of England making chocolate in Madagasca, tells how it was established to help with poverty on the island. Like The Grenada Chocolate Company, the idea is to make chocolate locally rather than export a cheap commodity. It’s known as Equitrade. Writing on The Guardian’s… Read more »