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500 mile bike ride to celebrate 500 Fairtrade Towns in the UK
Posted on October 13th
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 [...]
Fourth International Fair Trade Towns Conference - Friday 5 to Saturday 6 November 2010, Bonn, Germany
Posted on October 6th
The fourth International Fair Trade Town Conference will take place from Friday 5 November to Saturday 6 November in Bonn, Germany.
German visit to Garstang, September 2010
Posted on September 21st
Asking me for fairtrade energetizers I would have told you coffee, fruit bars, even cuban rum … as long as I had’nt come over to GB to discover the incredible dynamics of the fairtrade towns movement … as long as I wouldn’t have discovered the very pretty town Garstang … as long as I wouldn’t [...]
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Fair Trade International Symposium
2012-02-03
pFollowing 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...
Food miles
2012-02-01
pI have been selling fairtrade goods as a matter of principle for about 15 years, but recently have begun to question how the fairtrade policies at producer level may run...
Latest Campaign of the Season
2012-01-30
pTake a look at the latest Campaign of the Season a href=http://www.fairtradetowns.org/resources/campaign-of-the-season-1/ target=_blankhere/a to see how you can take part...
