Last weeks show on Fairtrade generated so much interest we thought we would delve a bit deeper and discover more about what is happening and the benefits of fair-trade.
As we heard last week – hot off the press – Cadbury in the UK expects to receive Fairtrade certification for its U.K. and Irish Cadbury Dairy Milk products by the end of the (northern hemisphere) summer, a change that will triple the sales of Fairtrade cocoa for farmers in the African country Ghana. Cadbury plans to eventually seek Fairtrade certification for other products and for Cadbury operations elsewhere in the world. Unfortunately Cadbury Australia are not quite there yet – but they are talking to the fairtrade people – so it will be a while before we can eat guilt free mainstream chocolate in Australia. For totally guilt free (oh, except for the calorie count!!) go to the World Vision campaign website for a list of fairtrade chocolate at: http://www.donttradelives.com.au/dtl/Issues/Chocolate/files/pdf/ChocolateGuide.pdf
The flipside of you buying a chocolate bar that isn’t fairtrade is that some cocoa farmer has been royally screwed over. So we talk to Susan Mizrahi from World Vision who is the Campaign Leader for Human Trafficking who can tell us about the real benefits to 3rd world farmers and their communities when they get a fair price for their cocoa. These people are the ones that are impacted by our purchase decisions.
We also hear back from Ali’s week of shopping ethically – did she starve? Or did she discover that shopping sustainably and ethically is a breeze – and helps her sleep better at night! (and did she continue WHINGING as she tried to eat ethically, or did she get over it!!)
Check out the podcasts for all the details.
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I want guilt free chocolate now. Why are Cadbury's Australia so behind? Having said that, I'm a bit behind on my reading of your blog. Hope to be caught up soon.
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