Following on from the success of the first three Fair Trade International Symposiums held in Montreal (2002 and 2006) and Montpellier (2008), a 4th symposium will be held at Liverpool Hope Buisness school on 2nd - 4th April 2012. For more details go to the events page of the international Fair Trade Towns Discussion Forum here.
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Thursday, February 2nd, 2012Third International Fair Trade Towns Newsletter - December 2011
Thursday, December 8th, 20112011 has been a great year for the international Fair Trade Towns movement that saw the celebration of 1,000 Fair Trade Towns worldwide, Differdange as the first Fair Trade Town in Luxembourg, New Koforidua as the first Fair Trade Town in Ghana and Africa, Kumamoto as the first Fair Trade Town in Japan and Asia and Litomerice and Vsetin as the first Fair Trade Towns in the Czech Republic. As the year draws to an end there are now 1,074 Fair Trade Towns in 23 countries that lie across all six major continents with Poland and Hungary expected to start their own Fair Trade Town initiatives in 2012.
Next year will be the UN international year of cooperatives and as producer cooperatives lie at the heart of Fairtrade, 2012 should proove to be another good year that will see Fair Trade Towns go from strength to strength.
Wishing you a Merry Christmas and a happy and successful New Year!
Bruce Crowther
Fairtrade Towns Advisor
Fairtrade Foundation
1. Beyond 1,000 Fair Trade Towns – 5th International Fair Trade Towns conference in Malmö, Sweden.
The 5th annual Fair Trade Towns conference was held in the beautiful city of Malmö, which 5 years earlier became the first Fairtrade City in Sweden. The conference also took place in the same week Garstang in the UK celebrated 10 years since being awarded its world’s first Fair Trade Town status by the Fairtrade Foundation.
Over 200 delegates from 23 countries explored the way forward now that we have moved beyond 1,000 Fair Trade Towns. Joyce and Ebenezer from Kenya and Ghana respectively, provided the essential voice of the producers, which served to remind us why the Fair Trade Towns movement was founded and continues to exist today.
Developing direct links between Fair Trade Towns in the North and producers in the South was a topic that attracted much support and interest during the conference. Walter Alifo from Ghana spoke about how New Koforidua became the first Fair Trade Town in Africa, following ten years of promoting Fairtrade alongside their friends in Garstang, the world’s first Fair Trade Town (see below).
The conference also saw the international Fair Trade Towns movement unite behind a joint statement calling for trade justice that will be presented to the European Parliament and the Rio +20 UN conference in 2012.
On behalf of Fair Trade Towns everywhere I’d like to take this opportunity to thank the hosts of the conference from Fairtrade Sweden and the City of Malmö and especially the Deputy Mayor of Malmö, Lari Pitka-Kangas for his warm and compassionate participation throughout the conference.
All reports and presentations from the conference are available here and video can be viewed here.
2. Fair Trade Towns in the South
In December 2008 coffee producers in Alfenas came together to declare themselves as the first Fair Trade Town in Brazil. The following year farmers in Perez Zeledon, Costa Rica declared their town a Fair Trade Town and as part of the 1,000 Fair Trade Towns celebrations in June this year the people of New Koforidua, Ghana declared themselves the first Fair Trade Town in Africa. In each case the five goals used by Fair Trade Towns in the North to promote the sale of fair trade products were adapted to promote fair trade in a predominantly producer community.
Although these declarations in the South present many difficult challenges ahead, all agree that we should embrace and welcome them into the international Fair Trade Towns family. The first task is to develop flexible guidelines based on the five goals that will enable Fair Trade Town campaigns to set up in any country across the globe. There are already moves to start up a national Fair Trade Towns campaign in Brazil where the FAIRTRADE Mark will soon be launched.
3. An East-West-South-North partnership to promote fair trade and the Millennium Development Goals
In 2011 the Agenda 21 office in Hanover initiated the project “Aware & Fair’ – city games and campaigns as a local reaction to the Millennium Development Goals”. This formed part of an EU program to raise awareness on international development policy linked to the MDG’s through specific action such as Fair Trade.
Hanover’s partners included their twin towns of Poznan (Poland) and Blantyre (Malawi) as well as Litomerice (Czech Republic) and Miskolc (Hungary) which had been involved in the international city network ICLEI for sustainable development for many years.
One of the aims of this 2 year project is to establish and expand the fair trade market in all the cities, in particular for products from Malawi e.g. nuts, tea, rice. This gained the support of Fairtrade Germany and the Polish Fair Trade Association as important cooperation partners.
The promotion of fair trade within the project has already helped contribute to the following achievements:
• Litomerice becoming one of the first Fair Trade Towns in the Czech Republic earlier this year.
• The opening of the first Fair Trade shop in Poland on 6th December.
• The launch of the Fair Trade Town campaign in Poznan expected to become the first Fair Trade Town in Poland in November 2012.
• The future launch of Fair Trade Towns in Hungary with Miskolc expected to become their first Fair Trade Town.
• During the project seminar in Blantyre in October the Fair Trade Towns concept was presented to representatives from the Local Authority and FLO certified small growers associations who showed a strong interest in developing a Fair Trade Town campaign in Blantyre.
Contact
Landeshauptstadt Hannover
Agenda 21-office
Silvia Hesse
Trammplatz 2
30159 Hannover
Tel. ++49 511 168 4 5078
agenda21@hannover-stadt.de
www.awarefair.org
4. The world’s first International Fair Trade Visitor Centre opens in Garstang, UK
On Monday 21st November, almost ten years to the day since Garstang was awarded its status as the world’s fir Fair Trade Town, The FIG Tree opened in Garstang as the world’s first international Fair Trade visitor Centre. The FIG Tree will celebrate Garstang’s unique achievement and the international Fair Trade Towns movement by providing:
• A Fair Trade Exhibition - exploring the four interrelated themes; Fair Trade, The British Atlantic Slave Trade and its abolition, Quaker Heritage in North West England where Quakers were founded and Chocolate.
• A Fair Trade Café and Gift Shop - providing a community hub for both residents and visitors to Garstang using our triangular link with New Koforidua, the first Fair Trade Town in Africa and Media, PA, America’s first Fair Trade Town.
• Chocolate Making Events - using cocoa from New Koforidua and live video links.
• Fair Trade Way - Fairtrade refreshments, souvenirs and information for ramblers at the start of the Fair Trade Way; the world’s first long-distance fair trade heritage trail that links Fairtrade Towns between Garstang and Keswick.
Fairtrade Seminar for the Cooperative Coopeagri R.L Perez Zeledon, Costa Rica
Friday, December 2nd, 2011On behalf of more than one thousand small coffee and sugar cane growers the Cooperative Coopeagri R.L Perez Zeledon (FTT), Costa Rica invite you to a Fairtrade Conference on 3 February 2012 in Barcelona, Spain.
This is a great opportunity for all interested to share our experiences of the Impact of Fairtrade in our Communities since we are Fairtrade certified in 1996.
This is the first time we go to Europe to share how fair trade makes a positive impact in our communities of Perez Zeledon. All this is thanks to the support and efforts of organizations and people like you who campaign for Southern producers to improve the living conditions of producers and their Communities.
Invitation to Fairtrade Seminar -Second International Fair Trade Towns Newsletter - August 2011
Friday, August 26th, 2011A lot has been happening in the world of Fair Trade Towns since the first Newsletter in April this year and I hope you enjoy this second edition. Also don’t forget to visit the new Campaign of the Season slot on this website here, the first of which highlights the new Fair Trade Way long distance walk launched in the UK during Fairtrade Fortnight 2011.
Bruce Crowther
Fairtrade Towns Advisor
Fairtrade Foundation
1. 1,000 Fair Trade Towns and counting
Following the 1,000 Fair Trade Town’s joint declarations across the world in June, at the time of writing there are 1014 Fair Trade Towns in 22 countries across all six major continents. International Fairtrade Cities now include; London, Paris, Rome, Madrid, Brussels, Copenhagen, Oslo, Chicago, San Francisco, Boston, Vancouver and Wellington in New Zealand.
Find out more about the 1,000 Fair Trade Towns celebrations here.
Read letters of support for the 1,000 Fair Trade Towns from Mr Jerzy Buzek, President of the European Parliament, Ms Mercedes Bresso, President of the Committee of the Regions, and Mr Staffan Nilsson, President of the European Economic and Social Committee here.
Read the response to the ‘Make Trade Fair’ petition from Mr Ciolos, EU Commissioner for Agriculture here.
2. ‘Beyond 1,000 Fair Trade Towns’ – 5th International Fair Trade Towns Conference in Malmö, Sweden on 19– 20 November 2011
For 2011 the International Fair Trade Towns conference will explore how we move forward “Beyond 1,000 Fair Trade Towns”. Come to Malmö on 19-20 November to meet committed people from other Fair Trade Towns around the globe. Learn, discuss and get inspired!
On Friday evening there will be a get together and pre-registration before the conference starts at 9.30am on Saturday 19th November.
The conference will finish at 3pm on Sunday 20th November.
Attendance at the conference is free to Fair Trade Town representatives travelling from outside Sweden. Lunch is included as well as dinner on Saturday evening.
The conference will be hosted by Fairtrade Sweden together with the City of Malmö, the first Fairtrade City in Sweden.
Registration: Online at www.fairtrade.se or contact your national Fair Trade Towns coordinator.
Registration opens on 2nd of September and closes 8th of October.
For further details of the conference contact:
Linda Ålrud
linda.alrud@fairtrade.se
Emma Börjesson
emma.borjesson@malmo
3. Cross-border Fairtrade Towns
In January 2010 Hadrian’s Wall along the English – Scottish border became the first cross-border Fairtrade Zone with nine local authorities (including one in Scotland) declaring their support for Fairtrade. But it won’t be the last!
Since 2005 there has been a grassroots movement of people along the German, French and Luxembourg borders that have been working together to share common interests. When Saarbrücken became the first Fairtrade Town in Germany in 2009 they decided to direct their cooperation towards becoming a transnational Fairtrade Region. They hope to gain Fairtrade Region status in 2012 and there are presently two models being considered:
1.) Quattro Pole – A trinational network of four cities: Luxemburg, Metz, Saarbrücken and Trier.
Saarbrücken and Trier in Germany have already achieved Fairtrade Town status while Metz in France and Luxemburg are striving towards it. Once this is achieved they hope to get the Quattro Pole to sign an official common Charta.
2.) Euro district – A binational network between the Borough of Saarbrücken and the Northern Department of Moselle.
In December 2010 the Meirs Assembly took a unanimous deliberation for the Euro district to commit itself to Fairtrade. Since then a few local authorities on both sides, French and German are striving to meet the five goals.
4. Fair Trade Towns in Central Eastern Europe
September will see the declaration of the first Fair Trade Town in Central Eastern Europe when Litomerice will be nominated as the first Fair Trade Town in the Czech Republic with Vestin soon to follow.
Gdansk and Poznan in Poland are also running Fair Trade Town campaigns and Poznan hopes to gain status in 2012. The campaign in Hungary is still in the early stages but Miskolc is currently running a campaign. This is another example of cross-border collaboration as Germany’s Fairtrade City of Hannover is an EU project partner with Litomerice, Poznan and Miskolc. We wish them all every success!
1,000 Fair Trade Towns and beyond
Tuesday, June 21st, 2011
On Saturday 4 June 2011 joint declarations in the following twelve towns and cities saw the number of Fair Trade Towns worldwide top 1000!
1. Whitehorse City, Australia
2. Kumamoto, Japan
3. Madrid, Spain
4. Kontich, Belgium
5. Bilzen, Belgium
6. Herne, Germany
7. Delft, the Netherlands
8. Witney, England
9. Rutherglen, Scotland
10. Cambuslang, Scotland
11. Aberaeron, Wales
12. Greenwich,USA
Spain’s capital city Madrid joined the UK Prime Minister David Cameron’s constituency Witney, and Kumamoto in Japan, which declared as the first Fair Trade Town in Asia. The event celebrated the growing people’s movement, now present in 22 countries across six continents campaigning for fair trade in the fields, on the high streets, in local schools, community groups and businesses.
Watch just a few of the highlights from the day here
International Fairtrade Cities now include; London, Paris, Rome, Madrid, Brussels, Copenhagen, Oslo, Chicago, San Francisco, Boston, Vancouver and Wellington in New Zealand.
To mark the 1000th Fair Trade Town, almost 500 individuals, organisations and Fair Trade Towns from 31 countries signed up to a statement calling on G20 leaders to ‘Make Trade Fair’. The statement calls for action to ensure “the current food system and agricultural trade flows contribute to, rather than hinder, sustainable agriculture and food security, in the South and in the North.” Fair Trade Towns around the world echoed the demand through local photo messages. The statement, supporting messages and photographs were sent to Mr Ciolos, EU Commissioner for Agriculture (and his resoponse: European Commission response to Make Trade Fair petition - ), Mr Ban Ki-Moon, UN Secretary General and Agricultural Ministers ahead of the G20 meeting held in Paris on 22 – 23 June.
Congratulating the Fair Trade Towns movement on reaching the 1,000 milestone, EU leaders spoke out for Fair Trade. Mr Jerzy Buzek, President of the European Parliament, said:
“Let me (…) congratulate you on the Fair Trade Towns campaign with almost 1000 Fair Trade Towns worldwide involved, the majority being in the EU. This is a perfect example of good cooperation between local authorities, NGOs, volunteers and consumers, all in support of Fair Trade (…) Fair Trade is not about charity: it is about making trade work for development, in particular marginalized producers and workers in the South”.
To read the full letter from Mr Jerzy Buzek, and other letters of support from the President of the Committee of the Regions, Ms Mercedes Bresso, and from the President of the European Economic and Social Committee, Mr Staffan Nilsson click here.
But the campaign to Make Trade Fair doesn’t stop with 1,000 Towns. Save the date and get ready to join participants at the 5th International Fair Trade Towns Conference in Malmo on 18– 20 November 2011 to explore how we move forward “Beyond 1,000 Fair Trade Towns”.
Save the space in your diary and watch this space for details!
Image Gallery
Friday, May 20th, 2011As part of the celebrations of the 1000th Fair Trade Town worldwide, you are invited to upload creative ‘Make Trade Fair’ photo messages here. The photos will be presented at the G20 Agricultural Ministerial meeting in Paris on 22 -23 June, to accompany the petition.
You can do it with a group or on your own, by a local landmark or outside your home, with the local press or on your mobile phone!
You can upload your photo right here, ideally as close to 2pm on June 4 as possible, to coincide with the declarations of new Fair Trade Towns sweeping the globe.
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First International Fair Trade Towns Newsletter - April 2011
Sunday, April 3rd, 2011It is with great sorrow that in this first international Fair Trade Towns newsletter I have to report on the shocking devastation and loss of life due to the recent earthquakes in Japan and New Zealand. The newly formed Fair Trade Towns Forum in Japan was to hold its first assembly on March 20th, but that was before the earth quake and subsequent Tsunami hit the East coast of Japan nine days earlier. The City Congress of Kumamoto in Japan adopted a resolution in support of Fair Trade last December and Auckland in New Zealand is also running a strong Fair Trade City campaign. It was hoped that Kumamoto would be able to declare as the first Fair Trade Town in Asia along with Auckland as part of the 1,000 Fair Trade Towns celebrations. I know that Fair Trade Towns everywhere will join me in wishing our friends and colleagues in Japan and New Zealand well. They are in our hearts and minds at this very difficult time.
Bruce Crowther
Fairtrade Towns Advisor
Fairtrade Foundation
Congratulations to Differdange, the first Fair Trade Town in Luxembourg
On 18th March 2011 Differdange became the first Fairtrade Gemeng (Fair Trade Town) in Luxembourg bringing the present total to 947 Fair Trade Towns across 20 countries including the cities of London, Paris, Rome, Brussels, Copenhagen, San Francisco, Boston, Vancouver and Wellington.
1,000 Fair Trade Towns – Be a part of it!
At 2pm on Saturday 4 June 2011 Fair Trade Towns will declare sequentially from East to West across time zones to celebrate 1,000 Fair Trade Towns worldwide. If you are a Fair Trade Town or are likely to declare status between now and then you can be a part of this thrilling, milestone celebration event.
Read more here.
Fair Trade Towns celebrate World Fair Trade Day 2011
World Fair Trade Day ( 14 May) was the first global campaign for the Fair Trade movement connecting producers and consumers around the world and is endorsed by WFTO. This year it will be supported by thousands of initiatives and events in 73 countries and Fair Trade Towns across the globe will be taking part.
Over 100,000 people in the US (some in Fair Trade Towns) will be attempting to set the world record for Fair Trade coffee breaks during the first 2 weeks in May leading up to World Fair Trade Day. On World Fair Trade Day itself Fair Trade Towns in the US, Ireland, the Netherlands, Spain and Germany will be holding Fair Trade Breakfasts. A competition will be launched in Sweden aimed at getting as many cafés, restaurants and hotels as possible to promote the sale of their Fairtrade products on World Fair Trade Day. Join these Fair Trade Towns and many other in celebrating World Fair Trade Day on Saturday 14 May 2011.
Read the World Fair Trade Day WFTO 2011 declaration here.
Read how the President of the European Parliament, Mr. Jerzy Buzek supports World Fair Trade Day and congratulates the global Fair Trade Towns movement here.
Will the UK break the Cotton Bunting world record using Fairtrade cotton?
During Fairtrade Fortnight supporters throughout the UK were decorating Fairtrade cotton bunting in an attempt to break the world record for bunting that presently stands at 2,696m. With equivalent to 40 miles of bunting sent out and sacks returning at a rate of 3/day things are looking good and the final total will be revealed on World Fair Trade Day.
The world record breaking attempt wasn’t just fun and games however, but accompanied the Great Cotton Stitch Up report that details the $47bn wall of EU/US/Chinese subsidies that lock West African cotton farmers in to poverty. The opportunity was taken to ask Caroline Spelman (UK Agriculture Minister) and Members of the European Parliament to make sure cotton is included in negotiations on a post 2013 Common Agricultural Policy
See how school children in Ghana supported the cotton bunting campaign here.
Read the Great Cotton Stitch Up report
IN ENGLISH here
IN FRENCH here
1,000 Fair Trade Towns - Join in!
Sunday, April 3rd, 2011What’s happening?
At 2pm on Saturday 4 June 2011 Fair Trade Towns will declare sequentially from East to West across time zones to celebrate 1,000 Fair Trade Towns worldwide. If you are a Fair Trade Town or are likely to declare status between now and then you can be a part of this thrilling, milestone celebration event.
The following places will declare jointly as part of the 1,000th declarations, can you join them?
Be a part of it
Sign up to the policy statement below and add your own short message. As the joint declarations take place on 4 June, Fair Trade Town groups will also be able to upload a photograph showing the final sentence, ‘Make Trade Fair’ written or drawn in any imaginative way you choose. Upload your photo, and view others here. The policy statement, accompanying messages and photographs will be presented at the G20 Agricultural Ministerial meeting in Paris on 22 -23 June.
If you are already a Fair Trade Town:
- NOW - Sign up to the policy statement below and start preparing how you will write the ‘Make Trade Fair’ message and photograph it.
- 27th May - Write your own Press Release using a template from your national coordinator, or this template: Template UK press release -
- 3rd June - Send out your Press Release to local media.
- 2pm local time on 4th June – Upload your photograph onto this website and celebrate!
If you are not yet a Fair Trade Town but are soon to make an application:
- NOW – Alert your national coordinator and then follow the instructions above
Sign up to the policy statement
To accompany the 1000th Fair Trade Town declarations the policy statement below will be presented on behalf of the international Fair Trade Towns movement at the G20 Agricultural Ministerial meeting in Paris to be held on 22 -23 June. Please show your support, and that of your Fair Trade Town, by signing below (you will need to receive an email to confirm your signature).
The world is facing a food crisis. Demand for food outstripping supply - global food production will have to rise 70 percent by 2050 as the world population expands to 9.1 billion from about 6.8 billion in 2010, according to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). The threats of climate change, food speculation and rising inequality are all amplifying the impact of this on the poor.
According to a United Nations (UN) study, half the people in the world suffering from hunger in 2005 were smallholder farmers. They are often net buyers of food and so are the first to suffer from high food prices, but are rarely able to capture the benefits when selling their products. They are at the wrong end of both chains.
The race to the bottom triggered by the current food system has also had negative effects on producers and workers who are fighting to make a decent living and implement sustainable economic, environmental and social practices.
Large producer countries, such as the European Union and the United States, heavily subsidise their own agricultural sector while putting in place barriers for imported agricultural products. This has a negative effect on the possibility for producers disadvantaged by conventional trade (both in the North and South) to trade their way out of poverty.
The rising awareness of the food crisis means that agriculture is back on the agenda for the global community.
As the agricultural ministers of the G20 meet in France, proposals on global food security and commodities will be at the centre of the debate and we need to keep a clear focus on the need to reform the whole food system. There is a battle on to ensure that the response to the food crisis is based on fairness and justice and not just on producing more and cheaper food.
In addition, the ever increasing pressure to conclude the World Trade Organisation´s Doha Development Round, in a way that truly benefits the poor, and the European Union plans to revise its post-2013 Common Agricultural Policy, provide for a window of opportunity to address the problems.
There is no divide between Southern and Northern farmers. The real issue at stake is whether and how G-20 leaders will ensure that current food system and agricultural trade flows contribute to, rather than hinder, sustainable agriculture and food security, in the South and in the North. The right to food of the world´s population is at stake.
With the joint declarations on 4th June including New Koforidua (Ghana), there will be 1000 towns across the globe that have obtained the status of Fair Trade Town showing their commitment to Fair Trade and benefiting directly more than 6 million people in 58 countries.
Fair Trade Towns bring local government, businesses, community organisations and individuals together under the shared vision of fairer, more sustainable trade
By buying Fairtrade certified products and from Fair Trade Organizations, consumers are also showing that there is another way of doing trade.
On 22- 23 June 2011, the agricultural ministers of the G-20 countries will meet in France to try to find a global solution to these global challenges.
G-20 leaders should not turn a deaf ear to this loud and clear message from the 1000 Fair Trade Towns and the Fair Trade movement.
Make Trade Fair
Bruce Crowther, an individual, Garstang, UK
As the first to sign up to this policy statement calling to Make Trade Fair, I hope many more individuals, Fair Trade Towns and other organisations will follow,to celebrate this international milestone event for fair trade.
Giulia Tomassini, a Fair Trade Town, San Isidro
Fair Trade does work and is helping many people. It is a honour being part of it!
Thirza Monster, a Fair Trade Town, Dordrecht, Netherlands
Rita Verity, a Fair Trade Town, Haworth
On behalf of the Haworth Fairtrade group, UK, the first Fairtrade Village, we are proud to be playing our part in a fairer trading system, Make Trade Fair
Tom Bamber, an individual, Garstang, UK
Make Trade Fair!
wendy hartley, a Fair Trade Town, Totnes. Devon UK
We have just achieved Fairtrade Toiwn status and are proud to belong to an organisation campaigning for fair payment for all growers and producers,small and large
Ruth Bruce, a Fair Trade Town, Garstang
From Garstang, the first and oldest Fairtrade Town to the newest and youngest Fairtrade Towns; congratulations. Keep working to end poverty, feed the hungry; make a difference but above ALL work to MAKE TRADE FAIR.
Bristol Fairtrade Network, a Fair Trade Town, Bristol
Sjoerd Vogt, a Fair Trade Town, Faringdon
Banish all UNfair trade!
Jim Hollyman, a Fair Trade Town, Bolton, UK
Here's to the next 1000 Fairtrade Towns!The greater the number, the fairer the trade.
Bill Linton, a Fair Trade Town, London Borough of Enfield, UK
Fairtrade is worth fighting for. Let's have more than just nice words from the G20.
New Koforidua, a Fair Trade Town, Trade Justice is a better deal for farmers
The Kuapa Kokoo cooperative farmers of New Koforidua Solemnly declare their unflinching support for fairtrade...Fairtrade is a better deal for farmers and it is the farmers hope....Let us all be bold and join the campaign for Trade Justice......Join the Wagon and spread the message.....Long Live fairtrade...Long Live New Koforidua
Jake Mairs, an individual, Stockport
Lets make sure Fairtrade continues on for century's to come!!
Becca Rowland, a Fair Trade Town, Woking
Share the vision. Make trade fair!
Brian Millington, an individual, Enfield
I feel that the world would be much fairer if all enterprise were owned and controlled by those communities and stakeholders whose interests and livelihoods are most directly affected by the delivery of a particular service.
Jackie Hancock, a Fair Trade Town, Warrington
A wonderful milestone, may the Fairtrade movement grow at an ever faster pace to help make our world fair for all.
Joanna Pollard, a Fair Trade Town, Glossopdale
Glossopdale Fairtrade Zone are pleased to be one in a thousand in support of Fairtrade.
Angela Fell, an individual, Warrington
Ruth Smalley, an individual, Warrington
Proud to be living in a Fairtrade Borough. Looking forward to the day when all Trade is Fair!
WALTER KOFI, an individual, let fairtrade be the fartmers hope
Fairtrade Premium and the Faitrade bonuses are extremely helpful to the community in general and farmers in particular at New Koforidua.....en emerging fairtrade town in Africa...let us put all hands on deck and uplift the campaign from the producer town to a consumer town...you must display fairtrade products and you reading me now get there to the grocery shop and purchase the one with the fairtrade mark....THANK YOU
Barry Brotherton, a Fair Trade Town, Trafford
Trafford FT Group are proud to have worked to make Trafford a Fairtrade Borough.
Drew Arata, a Fair Trade Town, Media Pennsylvania
Greetings from the first fair trade town in the America's lets keep it going!
Fairis Afrog, a Fair Trade Town, Media Pennsylvania
Social Justice path paved by Fair Trade it is.
Brad Hill, an individual, Manchester
Congratulations to all the people in the world who have picked up the vision of Gastang and helped reach this magic number! So that's 1000 done - Roll on the rest and let's make this world of ours a fairer place !
Barbara Crowther, an organisation, Fairtrade Foundation, UK
Congratulations to all 1000 Fairtrade Towns - and good luck to the next 1000 campaigning in their communities!
Jacqui Leslie, a Fair Trade Town, East Lothian County
The county of East Lothian firmly supports Fairtrade and is proud to be a Fairtrade County!
Sandy Wynne, a Fair Trade Town, Burlington VT
We are proud to join the efforts of all the worldwide Fair Trade Town communities to change the politics of international trade so that trade will be fair. Let's also pressure our own governments to change unfair trade policies. Together we can Make Trade Fair!
Karlien Wouters, a Fair Trade Town, Gent, Belgium
We were one of the first Fair Trade Towns in Belgium, already six years ago. But we still think this campaign is absolutely needed to make trade fair. We still have a lot work in Gent and we'll go for it. Congratulations to all 1.000 FTTs!
Ivo Belet, an individual, Member of the European Parliament (Belgium)
My warmest congratulations to Fair Trade Towns and its 1000th member. I support Fair Trade Towns warm-heartedly. Kind regards and a lot of success!
xxxxxxxx, a Fair Trade Town, Beernem, Belgium
Anja Coulier, an individual, Antwerp, Belgium
xxxxxxxx, a Fair Trade Town, Houthalen-Helchteren, Belgium
Trade not aid. Give them a fair chance.
Lindsay, an individual, Southport
All trade should be fair & responsible!
Timothy Mullen, an individual, Stoke-on-Trent, UK
EcoGerminar - Marco, an organisation, Castelo Branco - Portugal
Lee Dodge, an individual, Hove, England
Make ALL trade fair - come on G-20, you have the means to make this happen so please do the right thing.
John Beveridge, an individual, Winchester
xxxxxxxx, an individual, UK
xxxxxxxx, an individual, Wales, UK
Dunstan Burke, an individual, Dublin
There should be a million Fairtrade towns (at least).
Robbie Barbato, an individual, London
xxxxxxxx, an individual, Chippenham, UK
Make trade fair
Karen Palframan, a Fair Trade Town, Bradford Fairtrade Zone
Bradford Fairtrade Zone is delighted that 1,000 villages, towns, cities, zones etc round the world have followed in Garstang's footsteps to promote Fairtrade and trade justice for all. We will keep campaigning - and shopping for Fairtrade - until all trade is made fair.
Judith wenban, an individual, Northfleet
Jenny Lindvall, an individual,
Trade should be fair by default! Let's make it possible for everyone to make a decent living from their work and whilst promoting diversity at the same time.
Neil Kirkham, Llandudno, Wales
Jim Roarty, Edinburgh, Scotland
Arlene Lord, Brighouse, UK
Rachel Woodhouse, Dartford
Sue Tuckwell, Easton in Gordano,Pill and Ham Green
Proud to be part of a Fairtrade Village!
Janet Williams, Barnsley, S. Yorks
xxxxxxxx, Malvern
Mandy Kokani, London, England
Margaret Pritchard, Northampton, UK
Northampton is proud to be a Fairtrade Borough. We are pleased to be a part of 1000 towns milestone. We will continue to campaign to MAKE TRADE FAIR.
Manish, UK Finchley Central
Johan Vandenberghe, Kuurne, BEL
Noel Sharp, Gloucester
make trade fair for the poorest
Neil Ruckman, Barnet
Joanne Hibbert, London, England
Please support our wonderful Fairtrade campaign!!
Ken Gilmour, Peterborough, CANADA
Cassie Earl, Manchester
Paula Rogers, Newport
wendy white, bolton
Claire Stevens, Tower Hamlets, London
Jennifer Kerr, Glasgow
xxxxxxxx, Holmfirth
Marlon Minty, Reading
The sooner we go Fair Trade as a town, the better.
xxxxxxxx, belgië
Ken Ilett, Walsall, UK
We need to maximise food production and that means fair treatment for all.
David Platt, London UK
Stuart Lorente-Cronin, London
Claire Drake, Bradford, UK
Nadia Whetton, Luton, UK
xxxxxxxx, Epsom, UK
Fairtrade is the only way to get this world out of the mess it is in.
laurie clegg, Tunbridge Wells
xxxxxxxx, Romsey, Hants
Elisabeth Orrell, Weymouth
Congratulations to all Fairtrade Towns - from the oldest to the newest (and the 'nearly there'!), and well done and keep on going to everyone who is campaigning to see a better, fairer world. From Weymouth and Portland, Fairtrade Zone - and first Fairtrade Olympic village! Let's play fair and Make Trade Fair.
M Ali Reza, Chittagong
I want to include my town Chittagong in the list of Fair trade town. Please mail formalities and procedure to include my city in the fair trade list.
thanks
Reza/London
xxxxxxxx, MK, UK
Martin Pollard, Cardiff
Sue Nicholson, Nailsworth, Glos
Alexander Karampatsos, Athens, Greece
Sarad Patel, Leicestershire
Daniele Viner, Tunbridge Wells GB
Aliceja Fisher, Basingstoke & Deane, UK
Margaret, Hexham
Fo Bugler, Sherborne, England
James Quinn, Redditch UK
Angela Wood, Sheffield
Congratulations 1000! Here's to the next thousand. Let's keep making that difference.
xxxxxxxx, Petersfield
Martine Eelen, Malle
Veronique Verlinden, Nairobi, Kenya
A big thank you to all 1,000 Fairtrade towns for supporting our producers across Africa! However, a lot of work still needs to be done and we hope that politicians across the globe perceive African small-scale producers as part of the solution to the current food crisis. We urgently need a fairer system which not only will support producers in African and other developing countries but will also help secure food access across the world.
Marjan Mulder, Meppel, Netherlands
xxxxxxxx, Bolton
Helen Dickinson, Bolton UK
Proud to be part of a Fairtrade school
John Gillatt, Bolton, UK
i have seen at first hand the dreadful living and working conditions of people in South Asia. Fairtrade can play an important part in alleviating their poverty and enabling their future development.
Les Johnson, Radcliffe, Manchester UK
angela lewthwaite, Edinburgh
Simeon Mitchell, Oxford, UK
As someone involved in the establishment of the Fairtrade Towns Campaign a decade ago (I wrote the original criteria and action guide!), it is wonderful to see how the movement has flourished. I congratulate the 1000 places which have taken this pioneering step for a more just and equitable world. May thousands more follow in the years ahead!
Kim Boyce, Horwich
Anke van Duuren, Groningen, Netherlands
Fairtrade works.
Gill Upham, bolton, UK
Wagener Gilles, Differdange
Fair Trade Town, the way it should be!
Joyce Dent, individual,, Andover, UK
May the movement grow into a Fairtrade World - from Garstang to the whole Globe.
Sandra Amorim, Brussels, Belgium
Congratulado Ne FTT! We can help make Trade Fair INE town at a time!
Kath Wade, Newcastle, UK
It is time for leaders to put the poorest people first - mostly, they have no voice. Let's give them a voice at this meeting and deliver global solutions that truly benefit the global population.
Thank you.
Moorgate Primary School, BL2 2RH
We believe every School should be a Fairtrade School and educate thier pupils about Fairtrade whilst promoting Fairtrade within the local community!
Elizabeth Pratt, Bolton
Jane Longton, Ulverston
The UK is leading the way in terms of Fairtrade Towns but great to see other countries getting more on board. Still a way to go!
Barbara Ronson, Horwich, Bolton
Signing as an individual and also as Chair of Horwich Fair Trade Group
xxxxxxxx, Horwich, Bolton, England
mark street, Bolton
Thanks to all the faith groups who are helping fair trade become the reality it should be
xxxxxxxx, Stabroek/België
Jane Dale, Bingley, England
Bingley Fairtrade Group, UK, continues to be committed to making trade fair. Buy Fairtrade!
Steve Harrold, Bolton, UK
Annelies Heeres, a fairtrade town, Nieuwegein, Netherlands
Make trade fair, fairer, fairest worldwide now!
Sheila Pugh, Neath, Wales
Give a hand up, not a hand-out
Adam Pannell, London, UK
Karen Delvoye, Poperinge, Belgium
Martin Green, Hartlepool
Hartlepool says keep spreading the Fairtrade message
miranda williams, Bolton
Spread the good news of Fair Trade
Ashley Cummins, Dundee
xxxxxxxx, London, UK
Aisling Soraghan, Newcastle, UK.
Keep the momentum going.
Jonathan Stevens, Bristol, UK
It is time to make trade fair and give farmers in the developing world a change at trading their way out of poverty.
Chan Parmar, Bolton
Supporting fair trade is one of the better ways of helping the poor. We are God's lucky children- short of nothing and we should support organisations like Fair Trade.
Christophe Ramont, Ghent
Harriet Grimsditch, Bolton, Lancashire, England
Hamish Macpherson, Leighton Buzzard, UK
Let's think of others for a change!
olatilo Benjamin Olaniran, Igbajo, Nigeria
During the senzitization of farmers in Nigeria,one major question was raised, What is the major problem encounter by african farmers. Funds and market. Thanks to Fairtrade, the concept has solution to these problem....it is the best program that can eradicate poverty...through fairer deal
Jean Martin, Bolton, UK
Put simply, Fair Trade is the way for the whole world to live - and it's looking like a possibility!
xxxxxxxx, Oxford
As more and more individuals like me around the world are opening our eyes to - and acting on - the issue of fair trade, I hope that you, as our leaders and representatives, will help to consolidate and celebrate this movement at the G-20 meeting in June.
Sarah Moroz, Wooburn Green, UK
The world is unfair in so many ways, for so many people. Fairtrade is an amazing way to make it fairer. Let us all work hard to support this movement.
Camglen Fair Trade Forum, Rutherglen and Cambuslang Scotland
As joint 1000th Fairtrade Towns we are proud to be taking part in this global movement for fair trade. "Overcoming poverty is not a gesture of charity. It is an act of justice. It is the protection of a fundamental human right, the right to dignity and a decent life."
Nelson Mandela
Alice Munby, Manchester, England
Jane Walby, Camden
Here's to the next 1000 and keep the momentum going!!!!!
Jane xx
Camden Fairtrade Network, London, UK
Another trading system is possible!
xxxxxxxx, Hapton, Burnley, Lancashire
Deborah Sinclair, Rutherglen
Fairness and dignity in life are more important than excessive profits. While a level of profit is necessary to move things forward and improve lives, excess profits for financial markets do not improve life for anyone. Make the world a Fair Trade World!
Alex Yeboah-Afari, Ghana
Laviolette Pierre, Liège, Belgium
We are not yet a Fair Trade Town but we hope that will be soon!
Margaret Johnston, Bolton, UK
The biggest challenge facing the world today is to make our economic arrangements work to bring justice and fair shares for all instead of injustice, inequality and hunger
xxxxxxxx, Nottingham, UK
As a fair trader for Traidcraft I try to do my bit - good luck with the Campaign!
Natalie Terry, Boardman, United States
Sustainable, compassionate trade will shape our future.
Stuart McPhillips, Garstang, UK
'As the world's first Fair Trade Town Garstang, England, welcomes everyone to the international community of Fair Trade towns.
To have grown from one to one thousand is testament to the power of the idea of Fair Trade. Together we can MAKE TRADE FAIR'
On behalf of Garstang Fair Trade Steering Group
Blanca Sanchez, Madrid, Spain
This is just the begining: Spain will continue making Trade Fair.
Esto es sólo el princio: España continuará haciendo Comercio Justo.
sasha, bolton
Fair Trade Cardiff, Cardiff, UK
David Clark, Stafford, Stafforshire
Joe Human, Keswick, Cumbria, UK
On the occasion of the declaration of the world’s 1000th Fairtrade Town and the meeting of the G20 Agricultural Ministers in Paris, on behalf of the many hundreds of Fairtrade campaigners in Cumbria Fair Trade Network – from 21 Fairtrade communities, 12 Fairtrade Schools, and dozens of Fairtrade faith groups – I make this plea: to every shopper to buy Fairtrade, to every retailer and wholesaler to stock Fairtrade, to every hotel and guest house to provide Fairtrade, to every restaurant and café to serve Fairtrade, to every workplace to offer Fairtrade, to every school, faith group, college, university, and every single community up and down the land to become Fairtrade, and to every one of our democratically elected representatives to support Fairtrade – and make trade fairer for all.
xxxxxxxx, Cupar, Scotland
We are not asking for anything more than a level playing field for the world's poorest people who are working hard just to stay alive.
Edouard Le Maistre, Godalming, UK
An Bosmans, Bocholt, Belgium
FairTradeTowns is a splendid campaign for more Fair Trade, for making Trade Fair!
Mrs. M.J. Rayson, Bedford
Kathrin Bremer, Cologne / Germany
Make Trade Fair! More than 1.000 Fair Trade Towns means at least thousands of voices wishing to become the trade more fair!
Norbert Neuser, MdEP, Boppard, Deutschland
Beryl Widdop, Oldham
Our church is free trade
Julia, Auckland, New Zealand
G Morrison, Rutherglen Scotland
Elke Schaupp, Vienna, Austria
More than 60 FAIRTRADE-Towns here in Austria and 1.000 FAIRTRADE-Towns worldwide ask politicians to make trade fair! The FAIRTRADE-Towns-movement shows in an impressing way how individuals can contribute to changing the world to a better place to live in!
Ralf Mützel, Neumarkt i.d.OPf.
As the first Fair Trade Town in Bavaria we support the eco-social economy of Fair Trade, as we try to convince more and more of our citizens.
alan clamp, oldham
DINSLAKEN fair trade town in Germany, Dinslaken, Germany
Bill Attwood, Gt Dunmow, UK
Klara Wirthensohn, Abensberg,Deutschland
Malcolm Clark, London
acting locally, to make change locally and globally; that's the power of the Fairtrade Towns movement. Consumer and community pressure can achieve great things; and has already. But our political leaders and officials still have to do their part, by ending trade-distorting subsidies and giving Southern farmers fair access to the opportunities that will enable them to trade their way to a better future for them and their communities. From all at Fairtrade London - our steering group, borough activists and volunteers.
Gaelle Giffard, Paris, Paris, France
Congratulations to all the 1000 Fair Trade Towns, let them be followed by many more in order to bring trade justice.
xxxxxxxx, Witney,UK
a fair day's wage for a fair day's work
Alison Brittle, Oldham UK
This shows that millions of people across the world think trade should be fair. G20 it's time to make changes to food and other trade systems, so children do not have to go to bed hungry.
Syoko Akashi, Kumamoto, Japan
Make Trade Fair. Kumamoto will be the first Fair Trade City in the Asia. Love and Fair for the world. アジア初、フェアトレード・シティくまもと誕生！～世界に愛とフェアを～
Tomy Mathew, Kozhikode, India
Milcent, Nantes France
Bruno, paris, france
John Boyle, Birmingham
on behalf of all members of the Fairtrade Association of Birmingham very nice, lets keep it up.
Zoe, Cork, Ireland
we can change the world Make Trade Fair
Laureline Felder, Paris, France
Hope this event will be a major landmark encouraging loads of towns to engage themselves for fairtrade
Andrew Harding, Bolton
Consumer power is the key to making the world a fairer place.
Mary Harding, Bolton
Anne Hornsby, Bolton
xxxxxxxx, Dublin, Ireland
Alan Clayton, Kinsale
Hi from Kinsale, Ireland. We'd like to ask any G20 leader to go public and tell us their favourite Fairtrade product !! Greetings to all our partner towns around the world
xxxxxxxx, Leixlip
Anne Marie Burke, Carlow, Ireland
Make Trade Fair!
Mary Rossiter, an individual, Roscommon, Ireland
ALL trade should be fair .... continue to Make Trade Fair
xxxxxxxx, Belfast
Janet Twomey, Cork
Florian Ablöscher, Wolkersdorf
xxxxxxxx, Dublin
George Donald, United Kingdom
Cindy Kingston, Clonakilty, Ireland
Jack Rock, Donegal town, Ireland
Let's come together to give basic human needs to all, half of this world SHOULD NOT have to live in poverty!
Grant Botterill, Neath, Wales
I am so happy that we "Trade Fair" with others
susan minish, westport
David Funkhouser, Oakland, CA
Pauline Fitzgerald, Carrick on Suir
Congratulations to all who made this possible
Trevor, Clonakilty
Keep the Fair Trade Momentum Going!! Irelands First Fair Trade Town Clonakilty
xxxxxxxx, cork ireland
Shannon Lindsay, Dover Centre, ON, Canada
I just love what you are all about, & there should be more people just like you!!! But, I do think we are quickly evolving into the understanding of how important fairly traded products are!!!
Francis Van Herck, Hasselt, Belgium
as member of the FT Group in my town I'm glad to see the worldwide action for more Fair Trade.
Eamonn Rohan, Dublin, Ireland
Haas Bernhard, Gablitz, Austria
Fair trade means fair life!
Barbara Bole, Media, PA
Elizabeth Ewing, Bantry Ireland
June 4th my birthday what a great day to celebrate Make Trade Fair
sadie barlow, newbridge
proud that our town is a Fairtrade town. Also feel that we are part of a movement towards a better, fairer world
Cissy Nayiga, Westport
I am very happy for the good work
Maureen O\'Connor, Newbridge Co Kildare
Well done keep it up
Martyn Dicker, West Wickham
Make trade fair!!
Natascha, Dublin, Ireland
No matter what, trade should be fair! Keep up the great work. Fair trade all the way!
Takashi Kobuki, Osaka,Japan
As a board member of Fair Trade Town Japan, we celebrate the first Fair Trade Town in Japan. I hope this will be a breakthrough for Japanese Fair Trade Campaign.
Paula Galvin, leixlip,co.kildare
Our school achieved fair trade status last november,we are proud to support this campaign
Barbara raftery, Portlaoise Ireland
Congratulations it is a great day for the people of the world
xxxxxxxx, UK
Róisin Moran, Westport, Ireland
xxxxxxxx,
Fair is fair and enough is enough, if we trade fairly everyone could have enough
Sarah Wood, Wellington, New Zealand
Fairly traded goods are a human right! I'm proud to be part of the movement that helps contributes to fairness, and poverty alleviation.
Artisans du Monde Lille, Lille France
Marion Bonnotte, Emerainville, France
Susan Gallwey, Waterford Ireland
Leonie Blokhuis, Fairtrade Town Utrecht, Netherlands
Utrecht is the first of the four largest cities in The Netherlands to be a Fair Trade Town. Hopefully many cities will follow!
Jenny Beresford, Dungarvan Co Waterford
Gudrun Schlöpker, Madrid, Spain
In Madrid we are happy to be part of the Fairtrade Towns movement and would love to see much more activity in spanish cities in the next 5 years! Make trade fair and start with yourself
Derek Wood, Stourport, Worcs
Mayor Jürgen Nimptsch, Germany
Bonn is a Fairtrade Town since 2010 and proud to be. With their responsible consumption, the citizens of Germany’s United Nations City contribute to the implementation of the Millennium Development Goals and declare their solidarity with smallhold farmers in the South! As Mayor of Bonn I, support the campaign to make trade fair!
Ciaran Mahony, Dublin
Congratulations to all the 1,000 fairtrade towns for all the hard work done. Dublin Fairtrade Group
Lynn Daly, Ballymun, Dublin
Cathal Duddy, Galway
Well done to everyone who has worked hard to make their own town a Fair Trade town, and help to bring about 1,000 Fair Trade towns! Let's continue to support and promote Fair Trade through our purchasing choices.
ilkley fairtrade town group, ilkley
Gilbert Ramirez, Pérez Zeledón Costa Rica
Congratulations everyone! ... Perez Zeledon, Costa Rica. is the first fair trade town in a southern country ... this 4 th June will be a day of great happiness and peace in the world.
xxxxxxxx, Orkney, UK
All food suppliers should be treated equally by every country.
Brendan fingleton, Portlaoise ireland
Keep up the fair trade growth.
Barbara Smith, Hexham, UK
Lets aim to make Trade Fair for those who have so little. We have so much in Europe in comparison.
Leichhardt Municipal Council, Leichhardt, Australia
The Leichhardt community has always believed in the importance of reaching out to our neighbours, both near and far, and in the strong principle of social justice for everyone in our global village. As a community that values sustainability on a local and a worldwide level, we believe that Fair Trade is a necessity, not a luxury. As a fair trade community, we are proud to be helping to build a better future for developing countries and their farmers, producers, families and communities.
Elspeth Moody, Dunedin, New Zealand
Stella Carmichael, Newcastle upon Tyne
We can do this.
Martinez Laurent, Nantes, France
Elizabeth Adams, Stockport
lindsey cronin, Milton Keynes
Billy Linstead Goldsmith, Philadelphia, USA
On behalf of Fair Trade Towns across the US, please heed the urgency of this call to action. We are working on our end to eradicate poverty and need you to re-double your efforts toward the same goal. Make Trade Fair!
Carlow Town, Ireland
Fairtrade is a way to make a real and practical difference to help the very poorest people in the world.
Ruth Moloney, Naas, Ireland
shona hunter, Fremantle, Western Australia
fair trade makes sense and it makes a difference.
Henri STOLL, KAYSERSBERG, FRANCE
Ouboumour, Alfortville
Lors de vos courses dans les supermarchés,Votez par votre ticket de caisse pour un commerce plus équitable pour les produits fares que vous consommez tous les jours dès votre réveil: le café, le thé, le cacao, le sucre...Et du local de préférence du BIO pour une consommation plus saine et plus responsable.
Karin Wallin, Malmö, Sweden
Happy to celebrate 1000 Fair Trade Towns all over the world! Let´s make trade fair together! Malmö, first Fairtrade City in Sweden since 2006.
Sally Lee, Witney, UK
We are proud to be one of the 1000th International Fairtrade Towns being declared on 4th June. We urge the richest nations of the world to make choices that ensure Trade Justice & Fairness is included in their response to the global food crisis.
Lili Madeleine Inovius, Ängelholm, Sweden
Fair Trade is on its way to overcome unfairness. Congratulations to all Fair Trade Towns to all humans involved on any side and on any level. Congratulations to humanity! From the 3rd Fair trade Town in Scania in Sweden: Ängelholm, the "Clay Cuckoo Town".
Angela Cooze, Swansea, Wales
Owen Beith, Tower Hamlets, London, UK
Make Trade Fair - Make Life Fair.
A wealthy world shouldn't tolerate poverty
BrujulaSur Comercio Justo, Murcia, España
Todos contamos para que el comercio justo llegue cada vez a más ciudades y más personas!!
Marion Hill, London, UK
Signing as an individual, a Traidcraft Fair Trader active in the Camden Fairtrade Network, Fairtrade Borough in the Fairtrade City of London.
Margaret Pollitt, Bolton Lancashire
Welcome to the new FT towns supporting a truly worthwhile cause
Linda Roy, Rockford, IL
Make Auckland Fair Trade Group!, Auckland, New Zealand
The campaign to make Auckland a Fair Trade City is gaining real speed and we hope to join the 1000 soon. Lets Make Trade Fair!
Councillor Jinty MacTavish, Dunedin, New Zealand
Here in Dunedin, a growing number of individuals, businesses and schools are embracing Fair Trade as a way to bring about positive change in the world. We are delighted to see how far and wide the kaupapa has spread. Ka mau te wehi!
Vafa Hanlar, New Zealand
John Sweeney, Maynooth, Ireland
Anna Field, Auckland, NZ
Paul Barber, Wellington, New Zealand
Wellington is proud to be the first Fair Trade Capital City in the Southern Hemisphere. It is great to welcome the latest towns and cities to this international movement - a wonderful 1,000!
Lorna Strong, Carlisle, England
5 years after Garstang declared in 2000 Carlisle was within the first 300 towns to declare Fairtrade status; 6 years later we celebrate 1000 Fairtrade towns. Our response to the current food crisis demands that this growth of Fairtrade towns continues at an ever increasing rate.
Jasmin Julia Gupta, Stevenage
Use your LOAF Local, Organic, Animal friendly and FAIRTRADE…take a slice of action and support this fantastic movement helping the very poorest people in our world.
Irene Llorente, Madrid (España)
xxxxxxxx, Madrid, Spain
Gonzalez ibarra, bilbao
Mar Pérez Cid, Spain
Roxana Pintado, Bolivia
Jose Maria Cremades Garcia, Murcia, Spain
Jenny Senhorst, Culemborg, The Netherlands
Natascha Eleonoré, London, UK
Sarah King, Spalding, UK
Deb Wisker, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Anna Tsatsos, Cologne, Germany
Fair Trade changes lifes for many people!
Clara Pardo Latre, Madridm Spain
xxxxxxxx, brasil
xxxxxxxx, London
meike Jäger, germany
Alison Lancaster, Warrington, UK
Here's to many more realising the importance of Making Trade Fair... We are ALL human and DESERVE A FAIR LIFE! Namaste xx xx
Jeannette James, Kingston upon Thames
on behalf of a Fairtrade Borough
Desmond Tutu, Milnerton
This is absolutely imperative.thx 4 being on the side of
Right.Arch
Akihiro Aoki, Kumamoto,Japan
Make Trade Fair. Fair trade can help for lots of people, eastern Japanese for example, I want to support lots of people through Fair trade.
Yamid Gómez, Colonbia- Támesis ant
The dreams are possible.a new World is possible whit justicie.
Alison J McKee, Carlisle, Cumbria, England
Make Trade Fair!
Cheryl Cockayne, Thornton, West Yorkshire
Share the vision, Make Trade Fair
Graciela Magan, Barcelona
Barbara Sturmfels, Auckland, New Zealand
Anne Hyde, Australia
It is so important for all civic leaders to demonstrate their commitment and take the lead as Fair Trade communities.
xxxxxxxx, Basingstoke
Sue Pate, New Zealand
FairTrade - Fairness for All
Mata Traders, a fair trade company, Chicago, USA, a fair trade city!
Wow!! 1000 fair trade towns!! We're so proud to be part of such a strong and growing international movement. Congrats and thanks to the organizers in Chicago and all the new fair trade towns who advocate locally for global justice. Keep up the good work!
Kathrin Kapinski, Bremen, Germany
Melanie, Ireland
Big Congratulations to the 1000 Fairtrade towns and to all the towns all over the world. Make Trade Fair
Miguel Arroyo, Cáceres, Spain
Be part of Fair Trade Towns is something to be proud! We can do it.
ELSA LANAU, MADRID
Roberto Ballesteros Ravone, Córdoba
El Comercio Justo es un medio muy efectivo de lucha contra la pobreza
Tricia Stevenson, GOSPORT
Ángel Sánchez Sanz, Madrid
Estamos muy contestos de que el movimiento de ciudades por el comercio justo haya permitido que 1000 localidades trabajen para favorecer la reducción de la pobreza y el desarrollo economico y social de los productores más desfavorecidos.
Rafael Roldán Guerrero, Cádiz
Steven Schepers, Hasselt
Deborah Darnes, Sandbach England
Fairtrade is the future as it guarantees a future for everyone. From Sandbach Fairtrade town declared July 2008
Ernest Fenollosa, La Vall d\\'Uixo
Asoc. Civil El Andamio Social, zarate, Pcias Bs. As., Argebtina
FairTradeGroup, Hasselt, Belgium
"The Fair Trade group of Hasselt (Belgium) likes to share the worldwide action of Fairtrade Towns and is proud of being FT town since five years “
Clo Martens, Hasselt, Belgium
Paul Renshaw, Mankato, MN, USA
Congratulations to the first 1,000. We, in the Mankato area, southern Minnesota, USA, hope to join you soon. June 4, 2011 is a great achievement for the global Fair Trade movement.
Louis M. Osman, Teaneck, New Jersey, USA
Economic Justice through Fair Trade!!
xxxxxxxx, Ennis, Ireland
Tony Allchurch, Jersey
The Fairtrade Island of Jersey works constantly with schools, churches, the community, business, politicians and the media to encourage them to make trade fair!
Crema de Cacahuate KANUT, México
El comercio justo salvará a los productos que como nosotros trabajamos con precios justos, materias primas límpias y sanas, ya que los costos de producción no son comparados con los del comercio injusto, porque ellos ponen "veneno a la comida"...
Robert Nash, Royal Leamington Spa
Royal Leamington Spa, a Fairtrade Town since 2006, is firmly committed to the principles of equity and justice in terms of food supply. The Leamington Spa Fairtrade Group is pleased to support the Policy Statement.
xxxxxxxx, Madrid
Con urgencia paremos el hambre, el comercio justo es una alternativa real. Los Objetivos del Milenio (20015) lejos de cumplirse se alejan! Quizá nunca llegaremos, pero por lo menos nuestro compromiso es bajar la mortalidad de inocentes causada por la irracionalidad de los paises del primer mundo.
Foundation Workshop of Solidarity, committee of Badajoz, Badajoz, Spain
Xavi Palos, Barcelona
Ira Josephs, Media, PA, USA
Yeah 1000 Fair Trade Towns, a small but important step in making a Fair Trade World!!!
Bruce Levitan, Glossop, UK
Fair Trade is right!
xxxxxxxx, san luis potosi, mexico
We need to have a fair trade in all products in mexico is so unfair for the producers of the country, they dont have any support and we dont have option for to buy in a good prices for the monopolies whom play with the offer and demand, but im more worry about the field workers, they dont have any support, no generate money for to live, they have to leave the product breaking into losing, because they have no way to be in the market cause the product is priceless and who wins is the middlemen. The state prefe export. Doesnt exist warranty for the producers, and they cant play in the world of the market, cause the support is for the multinational and monopolies. When going to exist fair trade if the conditions are so unfair...
Haringey Faitrade Steering Group, London
Haringey residents are working to Make Trade Fair. Join us
Cecilia, Haringey, London/ Requena, España
MAKE FAIR TRADE/HAZ COMERCIO JUSTO
Your actions make a big difference to people all around the world
rosemary mc carthy, tipperary, ireland
It is wonderful to be part of the fairtrade family. well done to all involved and continue in a little way to promote and spread fairtrade ethos.
xxxxxxxx, London, UK
Alison Price, Nailsworth, Glos.
Dunedin (New Zealand) Fair Trade Committee, Dunedin, New Zealand
Lets strive to make the world fairer for all.
Michael Beecher, Youghal, County Cork, Ireland
Arlene Renshaw, Mankato, MN, USA
Jeremy Cassidy, Haringey UK
If it isn't fair, what is it!!!
Gosport Fairtrade Action, Gosport UK
Gosport is a Fairtrade Borough because people here have shown their support for Fairtrade: the school children, the Council and all the shoppers who choose Fairtrade products – we need to know that the people who grow our food receive a fair price which enables them to care for their own children properly –and Fairtrade guarantees that. Now it’s time for governments to follow the lead of ordinary people all over this country and the world and really act to curb speculation on food and make trade fair
Concha, Bilbao, Spain
Sin un Comercio Justo nunca podrán comer millones de personas en el mundo
Harry Warner, Arnside, UK
Stop speculators distorting food prices. Make sure growers receive a fair price.
Dolores OMeara, Limerick Ireland
Our city is a Fairtrade City and we are committed to Fairtrade. We are happy to support this policy statement. It is imperative that the Agricultural Ministers of the G20 countries and other world leaders commit to implementing fairer trading policies that will enable producers in developing countries to trade on an equal basis.
Oxford Fair Trade Coalition, Oxford, UK
Gort Fairtrade Committee, Gort Ireland
Fairtrade for a fairer world!
Richard McCauley, St. Helens
St. Helens is proud to be a Fair Trade Borough. Keep up the great work.
Francisco Luis Blanca Calero, Jaén, Spain
Taking part all together is easier to build and support a more just world, for all of us.
Felipe Arango, Bogotá, Colombia
Our consumption decisions can shape a more sustaiinable world and empower producers and workers to overcome poverty and food scarcity.
homero blas, Oaxaca, Mexico
Estamos dispuestos al apoyo total, Oaxaca puede ser una de las 1000 ciudades.
xxxxxxxx, Preston, UK
Haveing done lots in school on Fairtrade raseing over £800 in a recent Fairtrade school I LOVE FARITRADE
Teresa Hendricks, Lexington, Ky
jane staffieri, Gosport
xxxxxxxx, Madrid, Spain
Leon Duveen, Worksop, Nottinghamshire
If we Make Trade Fair, we will begin to make the world a more secure place
Geraldine McDermott, Galway,Ireland
ALL TRADE MUST BE FAIR. BOYCOTT ALL UNFAIR TRADE NOW.
Peter Weichardt / Fairtrade-Initiative Saarbrücken, Saarbrücken, Germany
Saarbrücken is the first Fairtradetown in Germany.
We are very proud to be part of this global movement for fair trade. MAKE TRADE FAIR.
Yolanda A.,, spain
Graym M. McMillan, London
Miquel Reñe, Barcelona Spain
Luc Cuyx, Bilzen, Belgium
Lorna Reith, Haringey
mandy hawting, London, UK
Denise Karter, Montreal, Canada
Nora Howe, New Buffalo, MI, USA
Jolanda Verburg, Beusichem, the Netherlands
Andreas Feen Sørensen, Oslo
29 Fairtrade-towns in Norway now and still growing. We will not stop before all the Norwegian towns are in!
Victor Montes, Oviedo, España
Alfredo, Spain
We joint to the campaing for a more fare trade world
José Manuel Pena, ESPAÑA
La tierra para quien la trabaja y los beneficios también. Un abrazo.
Laura Lowther, Newcastle, UK
Bob Snowdon, a Fairtrade Town, Alsager, UK, Alsager, UK
Alsager, a town in Southeast Cheshire is a strong supporter of Fairtrade and is proud to be part of a working movement to help the poorer people of the world. Make Trade Fair.
valerie philp, Liverpool, UK
Leena, Munich, Germany
xxxxxxxx, London, UK
Fundación PROCLADE, Spain
Lucia Maure, San Luis.Argentina
queremos un comercio justo, solidario y alternativo!!!
xxxxxxxx, Córdoba, Spain
Catja Kaloudis, Sundbyberg
xxxxxxxx, Silverton
JOSEFINA ARANDA BEZAURY, OAXACA, MEXICO
Birgit Eisl, Madrid, Spain
Isabella Eisl, Madrid, Spain
Julian Donoso, madrid, spain
Begoña Fernandez, Madrid, Spain
Flekkefjord Kommune, Flekkefjord, Norway
Flekkefjord is a Fairtrade Town in Norway, and we are honored by being part of this important movement.
Mª Carmen Gutiérrez González, Córdoba, España
xxxxxxxx, Barcelona, spain
nuria perez, barcelona, spain
Katie, Bedfordshire
Esther, Spain
Make Trade Fair!
ammanford fairtrade group, ammanford
as the first fairtrade town in wales we say llongyfarchiadau / congratulations to all 999 other fairtrade towns around the world. it is lovely to feel a part of something so international, and to know that we now have so many comrades around the world working together in their own communities to make the world a better place.
Maricel, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Los que creemos en la justicia, Igualdad de oportunidades, equidad y adecuada distribución confiamos en el comercio justo como alternativa viable para dar respuesta a las injusticias
sociales! Instamos a los lideres del G20 a que apoyen y promulguen esta iniciativa!
Pilar Santisteban Miguel, Laredo, Cantabria - Spain
Elaine Ashley, Bristol,UK
Trade between different regions of the world has brought people together and created painful divisions in equal measure over the centuries. Let this be the century when we truly bring the global community together to Make Trade Fair.
daniel fernandez, Madrid, Spain
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Kremena Nacheva, Cologne, Germany
Trade fair and take care.
jose gonzalez, madrid, spain
jose manuel segovia, madrid, spain
sara correa, Madrid, Spain
elena lanrobe, Madrid, spain
Julia, Murcia España
Fair trade now!!!!!!
SUSANA RIPOLLÉS PITARCH, VALENCIA
Rodriguez,Maria, Madrid,España
Marie-Anne Michel, Galway, Ireland
We're proud to be part of the 1'000 Fairtrade towns.
May Fairtrade live on!
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xxxxxxxx, Dunedin, New Zealand
Michael Beecher, Youghal, County Cork, Ireland
I'm 100% into promoting & using all Fairtrade Products that available, I am very proud to be The Chairman of The Youghal Fairtrade Group for 2011.
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Oscar, Spain
First, human rights!!!
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Jose Luis Gaitan Hernandez, Torrejón de Ardoz, Madrid, Spain
Foro Social de Torrejón de Ardoz, Torrejón de Ardoz, madrid, Spain
Adam, Hackney, a Fairtrade Borough of London
Food is a universal human right. We need to end the reckless profiteering, the unjust rules and the dangerous speculation that is denying millions that right.
Aaron Palmer, Hackney, London
Maria, Maidenhead, UK
Listen to this global movement and make trade fair for everyone.
alison moulden, guildford, england
Michelle Hunn, Etchinghill, UK
SLOWFOOD MAR DEL PLATA, Mar del Plata, Argentina
Maria Elena Zeballos TO MAKE TRADE FAIR
Steve Smith, Blaenavon, UK
xxxxxxxx, Brighton, UK
xxxxxxxx, london
Hans-Jürgen Petrauschke, District Governor,, Rhine district of Neuss, Germany
Think fair - be fair - trade fair!
Jason Rice, Nenagh, Ireland
Remco van der Zwan, Culemborg, Netherlands
Alastair M Smith, Cardiff
While billions of $ are pledged for the relief of easy curable disease, we must also unite to ensure economic opportunity is soon to follow. International trade must be restructured to provide a better deal for those isolated from a fair return.
Alison George, Yorkshire
Eline Demey, Ghent, Belgium
Graciela Vaín,
Smets Ingrid, Kontich, Belgium
Proud tot live in a Fair Trade Town! And this is just the beginning!
Markus Heissler, Faitrade Town Herne, Germany
We are proud to be part of this milestone. Make Trade Fair - everywhere around the world.
Councillor Susie Greenway, Totnes Devon England
Transition Town Totnes.. ;0)))
xxxxxxxx, watford,herts,uk
i want to endorse the Make Trade Fair campaign
xxxxxxxx, watford,herts,uk
i want to endorse the Make Trade Fair campaign
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This aritcle keeps it real, no doubt.
Jacky Thomas, Devizes
Eileen Mulkerrins,
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Fourth International Fairtrade Towns Conference in Bonn/Germany
Tuesday, November 16th, 2010PRESS RELEASE
10 Years of Fairtrade Towns
Fourth International Fairtrade Towns Conference in Bonn/Germany
Cologne/Germany, 4 November, 2010: In 2010, the 10-year anniversary celebrations are under way for the international Fairtrade Towns Campaign. And it keeps on kicking up a gear: Over 850 towns in 20 countries have already been awarded Fairtrade Town status, and several hundred are on the waiting list. Since 2009, Germany has been part of the campaign and will host the fourth International Fairtrade Towns Conference this year: On 5-6 November, guests from 18 countries will be discussing the future development of the global campaign in Bonn.
„It is a very exciting time for Germany to be hosting the 4th international Fairtrade Towns Conference. In the UK we have just celebrated our 500th Fairtrade Town and internationally we expect to celebrate 1,000 Fair Trade Towns early in 2011. This is truly an international grassroots movement of people who all care passionately about the poorest producers in the world. We have a long way to go but I know one day we will achieve our aim“, says Bruce Crowther, who founded the movement in 2000 in Great Britain.
During the conference, initiatives from the Czech Republic, Poland and Nigeria, among others, will layout the start of the Fairtrade Towns Campaigns in their countries. There will be presentations on projects implemented in partner communities in countries of the North and South, and opportunities will be discussed how fair trade can be even more included in community-based sourcing and procurement.
Campaign hugely successful in Germany
The campaign keeps on kicking up gears also in Germany: Since awarding the first Fairtrade Towns title in Germany to the city of Saarbruecken in April 2009, a further 25 towns, municipalities and counties have been awarded this title. A further six are due to be awarded the title in 2010. There is also a long list of applications: Nearly 100 German towns, municipalities and counties have entered the process of applying for the title of Fairtrade Town. „We are overwhelmed by the enthusiasm that the Fairtrade Towns Campaign is receiving. It shows how committed people really are to fair trade and points out the variety of possibilities for communities to transform their commitment to social justice, children’s rights and development into concrete activities”, says Dieter Overath, General Manager of TransFair e.V.
Highlight: Bonn is Fairtrade Town
As a highlight of the conference, Bonn, former capital city and UNO-city, will be awarded the title Fairtrade Town on 5 November.
Background:
The Fairtrade Towns Campaign was founded in England by the Fairtrade Foundation. TransFair e.V. initiated this campaign in Germany in January 2009. TransFair was founded in 1992 to support disadvantaged producer groups in developing countries by awarding the Fairtrade label to fairly traded products. Meanwhile, over 30,000 supermarkets, organic shops and world shops in Germany stock around 1,000 different Fairtrade products.
To find out more about this campaign and its criteria, please visit our website on www.fairtrade-towns.de.
500 mile bike ride to celebrate 500 Fairtrade Towns in the UK
Wednesday, October 13th, 2010
The name of the 500th Fairtrade Town in the UK will be revealed at their declaration on Monday 1 November 2010 and supporters are gearing up to take to their saddles for a 500 mile cycle relay to celebrate. The first cyclists will leave Aberfeldy, Scotland on Saturday 23 October with the journey ending in Cardiff, Wales on the declaration day. Supporters from the 500th Fairtrade Town will connect directly with the celebrations in Cardiff to make their declaration via a video link. A ceremonial parchment will be signed and passed on by the cyclists at celebratory events held in prominent Fairtrade Towns along the way.
Bruce Crowther, founder of Fairtrade Towns says: ‘The 500th Fairtrade Town is a tremendous achievement that should be enjoyed and celebrated, especially by the grassroots campaigners that made it happen. But our campaign is a long journey, fuelled by better understanding and learning. We must therefore always stay focused on the wider picture of trade justice and global poverty, in the knowledge that the final destination will one day be reached.’
The Fairtrade Towns movement has been rapidly growing since Garstang declared itself the world’s first Fairtrade Town at a public meeting in April 2000. Since then thousands of people, passionate about change, have energised their communities to take action. There are presently over 870 Fairtrade Towns in 19 countries worldwide including the cities of London, Paris, Rome, Brussels, Copenhagen and San Francisco. The fourth International Fairtrade Towns Conference will take place in Bonn in November and the 1,000th Fairtrade Town is expected to declare in the first half of 2011.
Harriet Lamb CBE, Executive Director for the Fairtrade Foundation says: ‘Congratulations to everyone in all 500 Towns who have helped put Fairtrade on the map – and on our shop shelves. They are helping tip the balance in favour of smallholders and workers in developing countries, and the achievements of Fairtrade Towns in Britain are a dynamic inspiration to producers, and supporters, right across the world. This latest cycle ride is a great way to highlight the achievements towns have already made. As they pedal against poverty, they are showing that Fairtrade is the way to go. And they will be munching on Fairtrade bananas, fresh fruit, energy bars and chocolates for extra power!’
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Acc. mileage |
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Saturday 23 October, set off from Aberfeldy |
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0 m |
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Saturday 23 October, arrive Strathaven |
80m |
80m |
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Sunday 24 October, arrive Dunscore |
56m |
136 m |
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Monday 25 October, arrive Brampton |
48m |
184 m |
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Tuesday 26 October, arrive Kendal |
47m |
231 m |
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Wednesday 27 October, arrive Garstang |
32m |
263 m |
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Thursday 28 October, arrive Chester |
57m |
320m |
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Friday 29 October, arrive Bridgnorth |
56m |
376m |
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Saturday 30 October, arrive Hay-on-Wye |
52m |
428m |
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Sunday 31 October, arrive Ammanford |
52m |
480m |
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Monday 1 November, arrive Cardiff |
55m |
535m |
The following list of companies have kindly offered to sponsor the event with items for the cyclist goody bags:
FiveG Menswear
Tropical Wholefoods
Traidcraft
Cafédirect
Liberation Nuts
Divine Chocolate
Ubuntu Cola
Tropical Wholefoods
Traidcraft
Cafédirect
Liberation Nuts
Divine Chocolate
Ubuntu Cola
