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Fairtrade certification – what it really means…
30 September 2011 | Posted by julia in All Good News, Banana lovers, Growers
Harriet Lamb from Fairtrade UK visited our shores in June. A gifted and passionate speaker, she spoke about the rigour and standards behind the Fairtrade mark and just exactly why it guarantees a better deal for Third World Producers. Click here or on the image above to see what she has to say.
You can also view a fuller video of her talk, where she speaks about the shocking difficulties our El Guabo farmers overcame in getting their Fairtrade bananas into supermarkets.
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