Fair Trade Feast!

On 20th June around 150 people gathered at Trafford Athletics Club to celebrate an evening of Fair Trade. The event was organised by the FairTrade Chorlton Steering Group, Friends of the Earth and AfSL. A string quartet was playing as people arrived to hear speeches from –

• Jessica Symons, Director of Krata - a sustainability consultancy - and Chair of FairTrade Chorlton
• Emily Diamond, National Friends of the Earth, based in Leeds
• Chris Wright, founding member of AfSL (read Chris's talk)
• Simeon Greene MBE, farmer and General manager of St Vincent’s Banana Growers Association

during which guests enjoyed a wonderful Organic/Fairtrade buffet provided by The Bean Counter (based in Chorlton) and Nectar Café (an organic café in Hale specialising in local produce). The evening was rounded off with a raffle of amazing Fair Trade prizes generously donated by local people and businesses.

Chorlton was awarded Fair Trade status on 23rd July

Fairtrade Chorlton aims to:

• Raise awareness of Fair Trade in the local community
• Persuade retailers and eateries in Chorlton to sell Fair Trade products to customers
• Persuade all businesses to provide Fair Trade products to staff

You can play your part by signing the Fairtrade Chorlton pledge form

4th August 2005

More about Fairtrade

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