What is Fair
Trade?
LO: To help us to develop a concept of
what fair trade is and where foods come
from.
What do we know about Fair
Trade?
Create a mind map,
FAIRTRADE
WHAT IS FAIR TRADE?
Fair Trade is an organised
movement that aims to help
producers in developing countries
obtain better trading conditions.
Producers should be given fair
prices for the goods they produce.
It makes sure that trade is
conducted legally.
How do we recognise Fair Trade?
The eye-catching blue, green, white and black
FAIRTRADE Mark was adopted by FLO
International in 2002. The symbol is open to
interpretation. The most popular
interpretation is to imagine the blue as sky,
the green as grass, and the black dot and
swirl at the centre as a person holding one
arm aloft. That figure represents the people
at the heart of the Fair trade system – it
could be a farmer holding up their product, a
shopper reaching to purchase, or a
campaigner fighting for greater justice in
international trade.
HAVE A GO AT DRAWING THE LOGO
What products are Fair Trade
and where do they come from?
South AfricaFresh fruits and
Vegetables
ParaguayIce cream
Malawi- Sugar
Africa- Chocolate
VietnamSpices
BelizeCoco
UgandaCoffee
ArgentinaWine
MexicoHoney
KenyaFlowers
North and South India- Cotton,
Rice, Vanilla
What kind of products are fair
trade?
Let’s go banana’s...
Watch and listen carefully to the clip.
• What projects have fair trade help to
fund?
• Why are fair trade banana’s so important?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MIr_9z6q
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There are now more than 3000 fair trade
products on sale in all kinds of Shops,
Supermarkets and Cafe’s ranging from fruits to
footballs.
In what types of places have you seen fair trade
products being sold?
Did you know?
Consumers worldwide spent £1.1billion on Fair trade Certified
Products in 2006. 42% up from 2005. (Fair trade Labelling
Organisations International)
Every year in the UK we eat the equivalent weight of 71,579 London
buses of chocolate. (That's 500,000 tonnes!)
Cocoa farmers typically receive only 7 pence from a £1 bar of chocolate.
Ghana: average annual cocoa farmer income = £160, UK: average annual
pocket money* = £166, *Source British Council 2004
It’s over to you...
Create a menu using the worksheet
provided.
Use the map of where fair trade foods come
from and create a selection of meals using at
least one fair trade product per meal and then
list down the side where the product comes
from.
Once you have completed your menu;
Think about the types of conditions that
farmers whose products are not fair trade may
have to work in (Last weeks lesson).
Write a paragraph explaining why fair trade
products are good. How you could encourage
people to buy fair trade?
Homework
Complete the fair trade poem on the sheet.
You will have to think of sentences beginning
with the letters of the word fair trade.
Due: Wednesday 26th January 2011.
Plenary
Pick one of the following statements:
1. I am prepared to buy a fair trade product even if it
is more expensive.
2. In the UK we should only buy fair trade products.
3. People shopping in the UK only care about price and
not where a product comes from.
Write 2 sentences explaining why you have
chosen your statement and give reasons.