York Fair Trade Forum hosted a successful evening at the Basement Bar on Tuesday 24 February to kick off Fairtrade Fortnight. It featured a showing of the Fairtrade Foundation's new short film, Fairtrade Matters, which tells the story of two Fairtrade tea farmers in southern Malawi. This moving 13-minute film has added poignancy because, since it … [Read more...]

So how do you know what we are about? Why not do what lots of York residents and visitors do? Come and visit us at one of our stalls. We have: lots of information – always; Fair Trade crafts – sometimes; Fair Trade cakes and goodies (plus their recipes) – often. We are good at meeting people and answering questions about Fair Trade. Here are … [Read more...]

Some of our members recently went along to support Fairtrade Yorkshire's event where a peeloton of Fairtrade bananas cycled the Tour leg between Oxenhope and Haworth. The short film 'Tour de Fairtrade Yorkshire: Le Film' is being spread far & wide, it has even reached 'Fairtrade in Kenya.' Watch it on the You Tube link … [Read more...]