Maggie Forbes with her Fair Trade Banana

Baz Reilly talks to Maggie about FAIRTRADE FORTNIGHT and how we can test the supermarkets (4 MB)

Maggie Forbes is our FAIRTRADE lady in Tidworth and does her very best to promote FAIRTRADE produce anywhere she goes. You cannot miss her she is the one with big yellow FAIRTRADE banana! Read more...

Baz Reilly talks to Maggie about FAIRTRADE FORTNIGHT and how it all began (3 MB)

The FAIRTRADE Mark is an independent consumer label which appears on products as an independent guarantee that disadvantaged producers in the developing world are getting a better deal.

Baz Reilly talks to Maggie about FAIRTRADE FORTNIGHT and the shop in Weyhill and making Tidworth a FAIRTRADE Town (4 MB)

For a product to display the FAIRTRADE Mark it must meet international Fairtrade standards. These standards are set by the international certification body Fairtrade Labelling Organisations International (FLO).

Baz Reilly talks to Maggie about FAIRTRADE FORTNIGHT and how Weyhill have a quiz night in March as well as details of coffee mornings in St Michaels Church in Tidworth where you can try out FAIRTRADE produce (2 MB)

Producer organisations that supply Fairtrade products are inspected and certified by FLO. They receive a minimum price that covers the cost of sustainable production and an extra premium that is invested in social or economic development projects.