1:10pm Tuesday 9th March 2010
By Alex Lewis
CAMPAIGNERS in Welwyn Hatfield have been busy over the last two weeks promoting Fairtrade goods to help impoverished producers in the Third World.
Welwyn Hatfield Fairtrade Group has pulled out all the stops for Fairtrade Fortnight, persuading shoppers that the brand helps farmers and workers danger of exploitation.
Gill Pinfold said: "We asked shoppers to swap their usual bananas for Fairtrade bananas, their usual cotton socks for Fairtrade cotton socks and their usual cuppa for a Fairtrade cuppa.
"Cups of Fairtrade tea and coffee, along with samples of Fairtrade biscuits, were offered to shoppers.
"More than 100 cups of tea or coffee were drunk and sales of Fairtrade goods went well.
"We also gave out copies of the latest edition of the Welwyn and Hatfield Fairtrade Directory, kindly sponsored by the borough council.
"Fairtrade guarantees producer organisations a fair and stable price for their products that covers their costs and enables them to support their families and invest in a better future.
"Although Fairtrade products are much more widely available these days, buying them is still not yet the norm for everyone. However we were very encouraged that the majority of people we spoke with already use Fairtrade products or were willing to swap to Fairtrade."
Campaigners, backed by Mayor Kim Langley and her deputy, were busy in the Howard Centre on February 27 and in the Galleria on Saturday.
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