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21 May '13

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Co-operatives and Fairtrade working together

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Hop Tac cooperative: Improving coffee, improving community

Despite a difficult year for coffee growers, the Hop Tac co-operative in Vietnam has been thriving. The co-operative has used training and support from Fairtrade to ...

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Co-operative stores across the UK embrace Fairtrade products

As the UK celebrates Fairtrade Fortnight, Brad Hill, Fairtrade Strategy Manager for the Co-operative Group, discusses the society's pioneering approach to Fairtrade and how ...

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Fairtrade sales hit high levels in UK stores

Co-operative Food stores have increased sales of Fairtrade products by 20 per cent.

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Meet Salma: Producing fair trade coffins has helped to lift her family out of poverty

Death is bringing new life to Salma and her family, along with many other workers in Bangladesh through Faritrade.

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Fair trade funerals possible with ethical coffins

Funeral homes around the UK are offering for sale a selection of fairly-traded coffins.

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Fairtrade co-op in Honduras raises agriculture awareness with coffee schools

A Fairtrade co-operative in Honduras is attempting to reinvigorate young people's attention in coffee farming.

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Fairtrade helps give Congolese women a voice

A Fairtrade Congolese coffee co-operative has been helping farmers rebuild their lives after the violence and instability of the Rwandan Genocide in 1994.

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Latin American co-op becomes 10th largest cocoa exporter

A Fairtrade co-op that started as a development project in 1988, has now become the tenth largest cocoa exporter in the world. CONACADO now provides Fairtrade cocoa products to ...

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Fairtrade campaigns for hungry smallholder farmers

David Cameron is being urged to back smallholder farmers around the world during June’s G8 Summit in Northern Ireland.

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Fair Trade USA and Progreso Join Forces to Support Small Coffee Farmers in Chiapas

In the highlands of Chiapas, Mexico, small-scale coffee producers face a level of poverty that keeps many families from accessing basic healthcare, education, clean water and the ...

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Photography gives teenagers a better life

Underpriviledged teenagers from India and Peru have been given a golden opportunity to make money through photography by co-operation with the company FairMail, which is producing ...

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About Co-operatives and Fairtrade working together

To celebrate World Fair Trade Day on 12 May, this special series looks at how co-operatives and Fairtrade are working together right across the world.