Christian Aid’s been campaigning for fair trade since 1992. That’s when we helped set up the Fairtrade Foundation and began pestering supermarkets to stock products that promise their growers a decent deal.
And we've found that, once you've got a taste for Fairtrade, you're always hungry for more...
Divine inspiration
Divine’s Chocolate's amazing success story demonstrates the power of trade to alleviate poverty.
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Full of beans
Fairtrade has been a major boost for the people of Jinotega, one of the poorest areas of Nicaragua, where our partner Soppexcca is helping coffee farming communities thrive.
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Trade justice
Fair trade is proof of trade’s potential for tackling poverty – at least for communities who benefit directly.
Our trade justice campaign is about making trade work for everyone. Take action on unfair EU trade deals.
Fairtrade shopping list
Chocolate
Divine (obviously) | Green & Blacks' Maya Gold | The Co-op | Artisan du Chocolat | Choc-affair
Tea
Clipper teas | Teadirect | Traidcraft tea
Coffee
Cafedirect | The Co-op | Abel and Cole
Wine
Traidcraft | Threshers | Marks and Spencers
Clothing
Traidcraft clothing | Ethical Threads | People Tree | Natural Collection
Fairtrade facts
One in four bananas we eat in the UK is fairly traded.
We drink more than 8 million Fairtrade hot drinks a day.
Fairtrade cotton sales rose an astonishing 660% in 2007.
British shoppers spent an estimated £493m on Fairtrade products in 2007. This figure has doubled every year.
The first fair-trade label, formed in the Netherlands in 1988, was named Max Havelaar after a character from Dutch fiction who stood against the exploitation of coffee growers.