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.

Fairtrade International (FLO) is designing and building a new model and organizational structure for its Fairtrade system in the US, which intends to reflect the needs of the US market and the diverse group of stakeholders. To assure qualified and diverse input into the design of this US organization, and to reach FLO’s vision for the USA of a powerful, collaborative, diverse coalition that is united in its belief in producer development and empowerment, FLO desires to work with a ...