Traidcraft Bulletin - May

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D E C A F F E I N AT I O N PROCESS

ASHA INTERVIEW

T R A I D C R A F T S H O P. C O . U K

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Welcome Dear Friends,

I hope you had a wonderful Easter celebrating with friends and family and enjoying the glorious weather we were blessed with. If you gave up or took something on for Lent, I hope that you were successful and feel proud of your achievements.

Thank you to those of you who reached out to me and suggested that you’d like to volunteer to staff our stand at Greenbelt, as well as those who have offered their aid in helping us with writing our resources for churches for Traidcraft Week (third week of June). Our team are hard at work getting all of the resources pulled together and ready for you to order before the week arrives.

As well as World Fair Trade Day on 11th May and the celebratory events surrounding Traidcraft Week, the summer of 2019 is a big one for Traidcraft. As I’m sure you’ll all be aware, this year sees Traidcraft turning 40! To celebrate four decades of fighting social, economic and trade injustices, we are planning to host a range of celebrations throughout July (more info to follow).

Thanks again and as ever, happy fair trading!

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Introducing Kate Kate is providing support for all aspects of purchasing, stock control and logistics.

And the award for creativity this month goes to… Pete!

Pete received an Eat Your Hat Coffee Giftset for Christmas, and instead of disposing of the lovely wooden presentation box, he’s attached it to his bike! He tells us that he plans to waterproof it and add straps to ensure that it stays closed. We’ll keep an eye out for you on the roads, Pete!

Decaffeination Process:

How is Caffeine Removed from our Coffee?

We get a lot of questions about how our decaf coffee is decaffeinated, as customers seeking decaf coffee are often worried that the process may be harsh, harmful or full of chemicals.

carcinogen, which might explain why the process has a worrying reputation preceding it. Even some modern methods involve washing beans in solvents which slowly removes caffeine, but not us.

Decaffeination has come a long way since Ludwig Roselius first discovered how to extract caffeine from beans in 1903. His decaffeination process used benzene, a solvent now known to be a

The method which we implement for our coffee beans is an organic process; a simple, organic, solvent-free extraction using CO2 and water.

Decaffeination Process – Using CO2 and Water 1.

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First, the beans are soaked in water

Then, under very

high pressure, CO2 is added (in a supercritical state between a liquid and a gas)

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The CO

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acts like a magnet and pulls only the caffeine out of the saturated bean 2

You have your decaffeinated coffee beans

There are no residues or toxic by-products in our decaffeination method. CO2 is an organic substance of great purity, and in its supercritical state (between a liquid and a gas), it’s a gentle replacement for toxic solvents which are known historically to be used during decaffeination.

The CO2 spares the aromatic and flavourful proteins and carbohydrates within the beans, and only extracts the caffeine, leaving you with the same delicious coffee, simply without the caffeine!

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Asha Handicrafts Interview Based in India, Asha is an organisation who support the lives of the artisans who lovingly create their products.

In Sanskrit, Asha translates as ‘hope’, which is exactly what the organisation gives to 1,000s of craftspeople who have inherited their artistic methods from generations before them.

We caught up with Asha’s Chief Executive Officer, Rajesh Kumar, and General Manager, Ivan Carvalho, for an informative and insightful Q&A to answer all of our burning questions about Asha.

When was Asha set up and what was your founding ethos?

Asha was set up in 1975 by Mrs Iscah Andrews, whose mission was to diffuse the love of Christ in love and in deed to artisans. Half of the business focused on promotion and trade of handmade goods, whilst the other focussed on local welfare programmes and artisanal learning and development. Both divisions were dedicated to putting people before profit.

How is Asha unique on the market?

Asha is a fair trade organisation whose business model works to support artisans, which isn’t typically found in business or social organisations. We focus on the economic and personal development of all artisans, providing them with much more than just fair pay. Any small profits we make are ploughed back into system, in order to help the artisans’ development and quality of life.

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Artisan Hema

What impact has working with fair trade principles had with you?

The WTFO (World Fair Trade Organization) is a global association of over 400 organizations who are committed to improving the livelihoods of economically marginalised producers; since becoming a part of it, our business model is verified by independent audit and peer review.

We have to stick to a stringent set of guidelines in order to remain part of WFTO, which are completely in line with our existing values. Everyone is paid for raw materials, women are treated equally, there’s no child labour and we have environmental consciousness at every step of the supply chain.

You mentioned that gender equality is one of your values – can you tell us about your workforce?

That’s right, we are employing more and more women as the years roll on. Currently we have 60 production units with 800 artisans, 225 of which are women.

Does Asha do anything for the environment?

Within our factories and workshops, we have dust extractors which are better for the environment but also make for a better working atmosphere for artisans. We also encourage, where possible, manual work rather than machinery, and run sessions and aware programmes with artisans about the fragile environment and how we can protect it together. We run projects which look into chemical control within our products to raise awareness, and we even encourage artisans to plant trees in designated plantations, to safeguard the environment as best we can.

Additionally, we recycle paper, metal and plastic and try to use less paper and electricity; we even send solar lanterns to artisans’ homes!

Are there any challenges in your market?

We are faced with many challenges, but we always remain positive; you just have to get on with it for the sake of the artisans and everyone within the supply chain! Some of the challenges we face are positive, in that as the market is growing, we are being forced to make use of new technology, to give our tools an upgrade and to give artisans more knowledge in initiating new product development. This takes time and strains resources but ultimately works out better for us looking into the future. Regardless of the challenges we face, we will never compromise on quality.

As it is within our values to be fully fair trade and transparent, this limits who we can supply, as we will only sell to like-minded fair trade companies, which are diminishing as time goes on. A lot of companies and consumers prefer to buy cheaper, and unfortunately usually cheaper means not fair trade, which we simply cannot supply.

This puts us in direct competition with

How do you choose the products in your range?

There are three ways that we normally select the products which our artisans go on to make.

Frist, we employ designers who conduct market research, follow trend reports and respond to mood boards set up by buyers. Secondly, we have buyers who are working on their own designs to send to us for approval. And thirdly, we offer artisans the opportunity to design their own products, which completes the circle. Around 4,500 new products are designed every year, with 500-600 ending up being made – which is a lot for a company of our size.

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businesses who are not fair trade and therefore can supply cheaper goods, which is a huge problem for us.

The demand for shorter lead time is also difficult for us to keep up with, as skilled artisans take time to perfect their crafts and cannot rush pieces just to meet demands. Our lead time is also determined by factors like the distance between our producers; we work with producers in 16 different regions of India, and with India being such a huge subcontinent, it takes longer for us to transport goods than it may with other companies. For example, the longest distance between our producers is 1,800km (Kashmir to Mumbai), and with road conditions on parts of the journey being challenging for transport, it’s increasingly difficult to get goods from A to B.

What are Asha’s hopes for the future?

We realise we’ve spoken about a long list of challenges which we face, but we believe that in every crisis, there is opportunity – and that learning through this phase will hold us in good stead for the future of Asha. Instead of being pessimistic, we are being optimistic and hopeful!

We have very strong backing and we are hoping to focus on marketing our products more effectively in the future.

We are currently discovering that to succeed, we need to become more competitive, with a leaner and more efficient workforce, using up to date technology which typically fair trade companies have jumped on board with later than others. We also hope to spend time in the future looking after our existing customers, but also concentrating on expanding our audience; we’re guilty of failing to recognise a force, and that force are millennials – watch this space!

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Artisan Rekha with necklace

What does fair trade mean to you?

Rajesh: To me, fair trade is sustainability. Massive companies with huge resources have come and gone, but we are still here, and that’s all down to sustainability; a small organisation who have a relatively small turnover are employing and developing 800 people, solely because of sustainability.

Ivan: I believe that fair trade is about fairness and equality, meaning equal opportunities for all and fairness in all aspects of how you work. No matter if you’re in a big or small factory, your working conditions should be the same. You should be able to be educated, send your children to school and be paid a fair price for fair work! Humanity has to change to be able to survive; fair trade should be part of the future if we want to have any chance of being sustainable.

Cafedirect Discount Up to 25% off

(offer ends 22nd May)

Cafédirect believe things that are made better, taste better, and so build strong, long-term relationships with over 40 producer groups across Latin America, Asia and Africa. These relationships are about more than just coffee – Cafédirect reinvest at least 50% of their profits back into the farming communities, so every sip you take is a step towards the future of a blooming coffee farm!

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Update from Robin

In previous months you will have heard us talk about ‘transparency’. We want to be more transparent. Forgive the detail that follows, but a part of the transparency process involves explanation – I hope you enjoy.

Coffee is the world’s second most traded commodity in terms of monetary volume. Huge quantities of coffee are exported every year from developing to developed countries.

Fairtrade standards focus on coffee that comes from small farmer co-operatives only. Plantations are excluded – and for good reasons: these are usually owned by, or contracted to, multinationals who may or may not be paying a living wage or a minimum wage, and who may or may not abide by local laws including workers’ rights, the environment, non-discrimination, provision of adequate housing and medical facilities.

So, let’s follow the path of a coffee bean that has been grown by a small farmer. In the nonFairtrade universe, beans are typically first sold to a local trader - perhaps a richer neighbour to whom you owe money, the local mayor who controls the village or to a coyote. Coyotes are middle men given cash by larger trading companies to go and flush out beans from the backwaters at the cheapest possible price.

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Very often this first buyer has lent money to the small farmer in anticipation of buying their harvest, often at usurious rates.

The first buyer will sell their beans on to a consolidator in a region, and this may happen 5 or 6 times before the product gets to a warehouse at the coast, usually now in the possession of an international trader.

This gap between the price paid directly to a small farmer (known as the ex-works or farm gate price - or EXW) and a container at the port (Free on Board – or FOB) is often significant. There is rarely a paper trail and the journey from land to port often traverses areas of lawlessness. The coffee industry has, in the past, been an ideal place to wash drugs money.

Why do we need to know this?

Well, when we talk about a coffee price, it depends which one we mean. When Traidcraft buys coffee, the money goes directly to the farmer’s cooperative, not to an intermediary. In fact, the development of Fairtrade is entirely inconceivable without an understanding of just how critical

the development of co-operatives have been to small farmers. In a world without co-operatives, it’s every man, woman and child for themselves.

Brought together in a co-operative, there develops the ability for small farmers to trade directly, by-passing the 5 or 6 intermediaries between them and the port. That’s a lot of money saved.

And if the buyer (like Traidcraft) pre-finances the coffee, then there is no need to borrow money at usurious rates. It is, literally, a world of difference.

The development of co-operatives has been systematically opposed (often brutally) by – well - virtually everybody who had a hand in the lucrative and occasionally illicit trading of coffee through the backlands, up to and including government officials.

And it is at this point that I hope you begin to realise that the fair price is often a secondary matter for a coffee farmer. Much more important is the act of collective security and economic defence that is provided by a co-operative. This might not chime in with your own politics, but the co-operative movement is the home of Fair Trade in many countries in the world.

And so to prices:

Coffee is bought and sold in US Dollars and by the US Pound (weight), and it is traded on the New York and London Stock Exchange. The Fairtrade minimum price for Arabica washed coffee is $1.60 per US lb. this price is made up of two elements. $1.40 for the coffee itself and 20c as a premium for the cooperative to invest as it sees fit. To recap, if a buyer wishes to purchase coffee that has been grown by a Fairtrade certified cooperative they must pay a minimum of $1.60 per US lb. If the coffee is Fairtrade and organic the price rises by a further 30c to $1.90 per US lb.

If the stock exchange price is higher, buyers are obliged to pay the stock exchange price Critically, under Fairtrade conditions, the money paid goes straight to the co-operative who distribute the money back to their members.

At the moment, if a company wishes to buy the same coffee but under non-Fairtrade conditions, then they can go to the US Stock Exchange and, taking April 11th 2019 as a random example could buy it for $0.91. This money will be going to a trader who has the coffee in their warehouses at the port. The actual price paid to the coffee farmer will – after the 5 or 6 transactions described above – be a great deal less. The maths is fairly obvious.

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Now, let’s look at our Sumatra Coffee

...the one we use in our Eat Your Hat. We paid $3.06 per US lb for this, and it was sent directly to the Permata Gayo Coop. We also know how that money was distributed within the cooperative. *price per US lb

ADMINISTRATION, AND DRY MILL COSTS

14.2 cents*

TRANSPORT AND WET MILL COSTS

20.6 cents*

PAID DIRECTLY TO THE PRODUCERS PAID INDIRECTLY TO THE PRODUCERS (SOCIAL FUND)

$2.5*

20.2 cents*

In other words, the producers received 88.2% of the price paid. You might want to ask your local supermarket if they will share similar information about their coffees... We think it’s fair to say that they will not – but this is what transparency is all about. We want to make it clear what we’re doing, and who our work (and your coffee drinking!) is benefiting. After all, this is what it’s all about.

In next month’s bulletin...

I will continue the journey and explain what happens to the coffee once it leaves the co-operative, what it costs to get it to Europe, roast it, pack it and sell it. And how much of the total you pay goes back to the producer. Stand by – it’s going to get even more interesting.

Feedback from Robin’s article In last month’s Bulletin, I explained that we’d been informed by FLO-Cert that we needed to resolve a ‘major non-compliance’ connected to the sugar in our fruit slab cakes (for a reminder of the scenario, check April’s Bulletin). Our options were either paying a fine of €5,000 or buying the equivalent weight of the original ingredient from another Fairtrade supplier and selling it to a 3rd party company who would use it in a non-Fairtrade product.

For the many of you who emailed me in response to our complex dilemma, thank you so much for your feedback; I was overwhelmed with the amount of passion in your responses. An extra special thanks to those of you who suggested that we should pay the fine, and subsequently offered to contribute towards it. Your generosity is appreciated, but we are not intending to take you up on this.

I hope to share more of our conundrums with you in the future.

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Firstly, the overall feeling we obtained from your feedback is that you were pleased to be privy to our dilemma, and applaud our transparency.

Comments like, “thanks for sharing the dilemma on the blog, it feels like a privilege to be given an insight into the complex world of fair trade” tell us that you’re enjoying coming along with us on this journey.

Some of the feedback was unequivocal; “paying the fine is the only option”, “it might sadly be cheaper to pay the fine and move on” and “selling it to a third party for non-Fairtrade purposes smacks of the ridiculous”.

However, others felt the dilemma as keenly as we did; “it is regrettable, but the rules are there for a purpose and if Traidcraft gets special treatment because it acted in good faith, it will make it harder to enforce the rules in the future and provide other organisations with a loophole that could be exploited to the detriment of the Fairtrade movement.” Some felt that regrettably there was no other option than paying the Fairtrade certification system, to maintain our trust in products, as “we need the certification to be credible”.

An extensive cohort of you thought we ‘shouldn’t’ pay the fine, but that “the energy required to fight the battle would be better directed elsewhere”.

On the other side of the fence completely, many of you felt keenly that we should “take a stand” against a “bureaucratic and inflexible” response from the Fairtrade Foundation, where others saw the benefit in purchasing more of the fair trade ingredients rather than paying the fine, “purely as that would seem likely to benefit more growers”.

One response described the situation as having “shades of Orwell’s Animal Farm” and backed the substitute option, as “Traidcraft can’t afford to

lose the right to use the ‘Fairtrade’ label that it helped to establish, as it would give the outside world the impression they had abandoned ‘Fairtrade’”, but that we should also “fight to re-educate the Fairtrade Foundation, Fairtrade International and Fairtrade Certification on the goals of ‘Fairtrade’ – it is not to get the maximum turnover in ‘Fairtrade products’, but rather to maximise the number of people taken out of exploitation and poverty.”

Thank you so much for your feedback It’s been truly enlightening reading through your responses and heartening to see that, for the most part, you feel our dilemma. Regardless of which alternative you opted for, it’s been wonderful reading through all of your wellwishing messages and positive feedback about the latest catalogue and how Traidcraft has been “pulled back from the brink”.

Your feedback helped us arrive at our conclusion, which after much debate, is to go for the substitute option. The slab cake has been produced but without the Fairtrade Mark on the packaging. We know this product is still as fair trade as can be, however, as we have chosen to take the Fairtrade mark off (for now), in the eyes of the Fairtrade Foundation this is no longer under their remit.

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Ghana Trip

26TH OCT - 7TH NOV 2019

Akwaaba!

Welcome to the land of sunshine. Whether it's the glories of its palm-fringed coast or the dazzling multitude of its textiles and crafts, there is always something to fascinate and delight.

As well as enjoying a friendly and spectacular country, you’ll visit Kuapa Kokoo and meet the farmers who not only grow the cocoa for Divine Chocolate, but also own a majority share in the company. You’ll learn about cocoa production and visit projects funded by the Fairtrade premium, as well as discovering how the banana farmers of the Volta River were the first to export Fairtrade bananas to Europe, and see the creative ways discarded plastic rubbish is being transformed into eco-friendly bags and gifts.

“The groups were shining examples of fair trade in practice. We met enthusiastic officials, visited crops and met with workers. The walks in woodland with farmers were magical.” Sue, Cardiff

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Our journey also takes us to one of the world’s most controversial and complex commodities.

Undeterred, fair trade pioneers Traidcraft partnered with Serendipalm in Ghana to pioneer a fair and sustainable source of palm oil for their household cleaning range. We meet smallholder farmers and women in the production centre to understand the benefits the project has brought to their community.

At the heart of the Ashanti region, we gain an insight into Ghana’s cultural heritage before heading back to the coast where we learn about the history of the slave trade with a visit to Cape Coast Castle Museum. Whether it’s batik making, adinkra printing or kente weaving, there are plenty of opportunities to learn from the experts and have a go yourself. Explore the traditional crafts of the Ashanti, learn new skills in a fair trade workshop, or enjoy a cooking class in Esi’s kitchen.

For more information visit www.meetthepeopletours.co.uk To receive your brochure or for up to date availability contact Hannah or Lizzie on info@skedaddle.com or by phone at 0191 2651110

News from Traidcraft Exchange WE DID IT - 6 OUT OF 6!

Over the past year, many of you have joined us and asked the UK’s six biggest tea brands ‘Who picked my tea?’. With this simple question, we’ve together challenged the brands to be honest and open about their sourcing, in order to support better conditions for tea workers in Assam. And it worked. Two weeks ago, Typhoo joined the other five brands and published their supplier list – marking an amazing six out of six.

Together, we’ve shifted the norm from secrecy, to transparency, in just a year. It means consumers can find out where more than 70% of tea sold in the UK comes from. But most importantly, it will support the tea workers’ struggle for better conditions and pay – find out more on our blog.

Thanks everyone who made this happen

...by sending postcards, emails and sharing the campaign in your local community, you’ve played part in the collective effort that pushed the big brands over the line.

Soon, we’ll have new, exciting campaign actions coming up.

We’d love to stay in touch and if you aren’t already on our email list, make sure you sign up via our website.

There’s still time to support our Easter Appeal Easter is a time of new beginnings… and that’s exactly what the women of Southern Senegal need.

The Casamance region of Southern Senegal should be a land of plenty with its rich, fertile lands and amazing variety of fruit. But for 30 years, these forest lands were a combat zone for separatist rebels and the army.

The hardworking women of Casamance are determined to build a better future for their families – but the chance to earn a decent wage is still hard to come by. They need your help to get the most out of their fruitselling businesses.

There’s still time to support Traidcraft Exchange’s Easter Appeal so, with your help, we can bring more women together to help them and their families

to thrive – through forest fruit and the power of friendship.

Learn more and donate at www.traidcraft.org.uk/senegal or call us on 0191 497 6445

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Traidcraft - Then & Now As you’re all aware, 2019 sees Traidcraft become the big 4-0!

In last month’s bulletin we reached out, and asked you to send us some of your memories from over the years; thank you to everyone who emailed us with your thoughts, we’ve had a wonderful trip down memory lane reading them all!

Here are some of our favourites! We hope they bring back a few memories for you, too. If you’d like to get involved, please send your photos and memories to social@traidcraft.co.uk

Each St George's Day, a red rose was presented to the Vicar of Bolton as rent for the redundant St. George's Church in Bolton. In 1984, the lessee proposed a 'Festival of the Occult' in the empty nave; it was vetoed by the Council of Churches. Instead, schools contributed to a One World Week exhibition in October. At its opening I spotted an empty craft shop unit under the gallery, commenting to Alison White: ''Just right for a Traidcraft shop.'' The next morning she rang: ''What are we going to do about it?'' After raising £5000 in gifts and interest-free loans, and recruiting Glynis Goldie as manager, the Christian TRAIDshop was opened in March 1985 by Songs of Praise presenter, Geoffrey Wheeler.

A Philippino rickshaw made for great publicity, both indoors and taking part in demos.

Success outgrew the cramped space in St George's, so that in 1988 the shop moved across the road to SS Andrew & George URC Church. There it was re-opened by the Mayor of Bolton propelled in the rickshaw by Martin Bax, Christian Aid's Associate Director. 34 years on, the fairtrade shop still flourishes, now trading as 'Justicia' for its multi-cultural customers.

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In September 1986 I sat on a train to Plymouth, perusing my first ever Traidcraft Catalogue, together with the instructions for becoming a Voluntary Rep. My husband said “You could do that” and so it began.

25 years and £250,000 later, I held my Final Fling - a Coffee Morning, an Afternoon Tea and a Dinner to which I invited all those invaluable colleagues and helpers who had worked with me over that time.

During those 25 years I travelled all over Devon, parts of Cornwall, Somerset and even Dorset!

Luckily the generous discount was sufficient to cover all my expenses AND leave a generous donation to Traidcraft Exchange at the end.

Regular weekly stalls, regular fortnightly stalls, annual events, special events; unpacking and pricing - thank heaven for the Traidcraft gun - boxes in and out of the car, up and down stairs, trying to politely persuade people that it really was easier if I packed up myself!!

A short-let shop for several years, thanks to the co-op, often from Autumn Half-Term to beginning of December, when so many locals rallied round to come on the rota that most days all I had to do was open in the morning and lock up at night!

This week as I looked through the most recent catalogue I tried to remember what was still there that had been there in that “first” one. Tea and coffee, of course. We sold re-cycled paper! - in the days before it was generally available in the stationers. So my church ordered reams of A4, and recycled toilet rolls (they were grey!), much to everyone’s amusement! And writing pads and envelopes and reporters notebooks - remember those?? And I still have a tub of turmeric dated “best before April ‘95”, price 48p!!

Several years later, my husband & I joined a Meet the People Tour to Peru where an excellent guide, Efrain, took us from Lima to Cuzco to Machu Pichu, including a couple of nights spent in a village where they were immensely proud of their toilets, and a small girl sat on my lap fascinated by my photos - pointing out all the houses where her friends lived; the safest way to live in a community is to know everyone and everything - who to be with and who to avoid! And a memorable trip to Lake Titicaca, a school-girl ambition fulfilled!

I was lucky, this was my part-time job, unpaid but with expenses covered; it was possibly the most worthwhile thing I have ever done!

Helen I. Barrett

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Product Updates from Lizy

Back in stock!

Ginger news

Eswatini Curry Sauce Single (275g) 26138 £3.55 Case (6x275g) 64250 £19.20

They are back and available to order from Friday 3rd May!

Eswatini Mixed Fruit Chutney Single (300g) 52372 £3.55 Case (6x300g) 27134 £19.20

Stem Ginger Cookies Single (180g) 56762 £2 Case (8x180g) 54156 £14.40

Clean and Fair news

Chocolate news

Initial tests have been completed on the different type of Fairtrade palm oil. Sadly, the results are not as we’d hoped. We cannot progress straight to production with a palm oil that behaved like the previous Fairtrade palm oil used. We need to scale up the test to a small batch production run, (this is still 2MT of base material) and then complete further testing to ensure we are delivering a highquality product.

We are struggling to find a fair trade dark chocolate chunk that is stable for baking, to use in our chocolate cookies (45g and 180g).

The chocolate manufacturers do not stock this product as standard, we would require our own production run of this type of chocolate and unfortunately, this quantity is too high for Traidcraft - we do not need that much chocolate. We are exploring working closely with another supplier to combine a production of this type of chocolate. If the ingredient can be fair trade, it should be fair trade, so we are trying to think outside the box to make sure this works.

We are basically starting from scratch, testing the feasibility of a new material and if successful we hope to have this range back to you in Autumn.

Coconut Milk

New in!

Ma’s Kitchen in Sri Lanka brings us the UK’s only Fairtrade certified and organic coconut milk. Coconut milk is squeezed from fresh coconuts to produce full flavoured and smooth milk, which is perfect for both sweet and savoury dishes.

Add into curries and soups or use to create a vegan recipe.

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Chocolate Raisins - packaging update You may have noticed that the chocolate raisins have been out of stock. This is because we ran out of packaging, however, we haven’t ran out of chocolate or raisins. So, we have packed them into a smaller bag with a sticker on. This means that if you order our chocolate raisins, you still get the 150g, but there is just less packaging waste - so it’s a win win!

Divine Offers

20% OFF

Divine is quite special, in that it’s the only Fairtrade certified chocolate company which is 44% owned by the cocoa farmers themselves. Lovingly made with skilfully harvested cocoa beans from Kuapa Kokoo, a co-operative of vibrant smallholder farmers in Ghana, Divine chocolate is heavenly fair trade chocolate and hot cocoa with a heart. And right now, it’s even more special, with a 20% discount on the 90g bars below (singles and cases).

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