Co-ops around the world joined together to support World Fairtrade Day on Saturday 12 May, Ireland has had a busy week for co-ops as they held a national conference and in the UK a digital arts festival celebrating co-operation and collaboration started on Wednesday.

The following summary is offered by FTRN, and not by the Organizing Committee nor full Council: Around 50 people representing some of the Fair Trade movement held a summit April 30 – May 2, 2012, in Minneapolis. Important dialogue & learning progressed among diverse stakeholders, including certifiers/standard setters (Fairtrade International – via Fairtrade Canada representative), Fair Trade USA, IMO Fair for Life, Agricultural Justice Project) who participated in just the final ...