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In this issue...
2-3 Intro Pages 4 -7 Ask a Producer Anything: Ma's Kitchen 8-9 Easter Stock is Here! 10-11 Our Coffee Price Increases
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12 Repurposing Your Traidcraft Packaging 13-15 Product Update 16-17 Traidcraft Exchange Update 18 Coconut Cream French Toast Recipe
Fairtrader Shoutout
A special shout out this month goes to our longstanding Fairtrader, Margaret Davis. Margaret has been a Fairtrader for 21 years, successfully running St Gerant’s Traidcraft at her church. Her turnaround over the past 10 years has been a staggering £52,000, and her impressive November Christmas Fayre took around £1,000. On top of that, she’s sending a donation of £400 to Traidcraft Exchange from her profits and is looking forward to holding a Big Brew event on 9th March. Margaret told us that her best sellers are fruit and nut muesli, coffee and biscuits. "Margaret does a fantastic job of organising and selling the goods. She's a great asset to our church."
Steven Hyatt, St Gerants
Amazing work Margaret, thank you for all that you do, from all of us at Team Traidcraft.
In Case You Missed It…
Good Housekeeping rounded up their ‘100 best sustainability tips for a more conscious life’, and switching to an eco-friendly loo roll made the list. Which recycled toilet roll came out on top? You guessed it…
READ GOOD HOUSEKEEPING ARTICLE
Traidcraft’s Tweet of the Month
Not only is @StLaurenceLud a breathtaking building, did you know that it's also a certified @FairtradeUK church? It serves Fairtrade communion wine, tea and coffee and has a regular @Traidcraft stall.
Off today to @StLaurenceLud for a brief look, fascinating church and my usual 4 photos don't even scrape the surface so expect more. Anyway, warm welcome, glorious church, fascinating and HUGE
Fighting Social Injustice
Last month, we had some praline chocolate which failed our QC inspection. The chocolate failed purely because it had been in a warm place, which had caused it to ‘bloom’ meaning the chocolate appeared to have a white coating in places. This chocolate is still perfectly safe and yummy to eat, but unfortunately we are unable to sell it. Additionally, we had some Christmas tree biscuits which had damage to their outer boxes, again making them unsellable. As we hate waste here at Traidcraft, we donated all of our excess stock to REfUSE, a local cafe in Chester-Le-Street. REfUSE raises awareness and educates about the climate and ecological impact of food waste, building community and providing healthy food and good company to anyone that wants it. They operate on a ‘Pay As You Feel’ basis: guests can pay for their meals in cash, but non-monetary donations of time or skills are just as valuable. They believe PAYF encourages us to think about the true value of food: the resources, time and energy that has gone into producing it, but also includes and empowers those who may struggle to afford food.
“The chocolate will be used to bake cakes for the cafe, we will give it out in food hampers to people who are struggling and we will also give some out in the cafe.”
Jonny, REfUSE.
MORE ABOUT REFUSE HERE
Welcome to the Team!
A huge welcome to Emma who joined us last month in the Marketing Team. Emma will be looking after Traidcraft’s social media channels and helping with the weekly emails you know and love.
Friends,
I hope you had a fabulous Fairtrade Fortnight. I have loved hearing feedback about successful sales and have enjoyed looking through the photos you’ve shared of your vibrant and eye-catching stalls. You all continue to amaze me.
With the countdown to Easter now in full swing, I hope you are stocked up on Easter eggs and other goodies for the season – see pages 8-9 for some inspiration. During last month’s roadshows, some of you fed back that you’d find an Easter egg poster useful so the team have been busy at work and have produced a downloadable one for your convenience.
Don’t forget to check out the back page of this month’s Bulletin for a delicious coconut cream French toast recipe using your favourite Ma’s coconut milk. Let us know how you get on. Happy fair trading…. Matt
