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Empowering Farmers: Fair Trade Initiative at Your Campus

Learn how fair trade practices benefit farmers worldwide. Understand the impacts, certification standards, and community projects supported by Fair Trade. Discover the criteria for a Fair Trade Campus and the products available. Get involved during Fairtrade Campus Week and the movement's growth in Canada. Explore the benefits of Fair Trade and how it supports small-scale producers. Find out how Fair Trade initiatives help improve living conditions and provide fair wages. Join the commitment to Fair Trade on your campus. Support farmers and sustainable practices with Fair Trade products.

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Empowering Farmers: Fair Trade Initiative at Your Campus

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  1. 2014

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  3. Why fair trade?

  4. Why fair trade? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubxzg_d1120 Fairtrade bananas in the Dominican Republic

  5. Why fair trade? • Better prices for farmers • Decent working conditions

  6. What are the impacts of fair trade? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qV4ywE_gPSU Fairtrade chocolate in Ghana

  7. What is Fairtrade certification? Standards for each product that farmers and buyers agree to. Including: • Minimum price • Social premium

  8. Minimum Price • Buyers pay farmers a minimum price • This price covers cost of production • It provides security if the market is low

  9. Premium • Additional amount paid to farmers • For community projects • Projects chosen by farmers

  10. Recognizes commitment to Fair Trade As of March 2014 there are 6 Fair Trade Campuses across Canada

  11. Allcoffee is Fairtrade • Minimum 3 Fairtrade teas available • Minimum 1 Fairtrade chocolate available • Cafeterias • Catering • Vending machines • Coffee shops • Stores • Restaurants

  12. Campus events & signs

  13. Fairtrade Campus Week When? Last week of September What? Inspire students, spread the word How? Events, free products, challenges

  14. Fairtrade Movement(March 2014) Canada • 6 Fair Trade Campuses • 17 Fair Trade Towns • 221 Fair Trade Businesses Worldwide • 1.2 million farmers & workers • 1.3 million hectares • 70 countries • $110 million in Premiums for projects (2012)

  15. For a Fair Trade Campus, which 3 Fairtrade products MUST be available? • Name 2 other products that could also be Fairtrade? • True or False: To be a Fair Trade Campus, at least 50% of coffee in the cafeteria must be Fairtrade. • True of False: Fairtrade provides farmers with a minimum price. • Draw the Fairtrade logo • Who decides how the Fairtrade premium is spent?

  16. Fair Trade Talking points Q: What is fair trade? A: Fair trade is a movement, which aims to empower small-scale producers and improve their living conditions. By using fair trade principles, consumers, producers and businesses can build trading relationships that are good for people and planet.

  17. Q: Does fair trade help farmers? A: Yes. By ensuring they always receive a price that covers the cost of production – whatever the market. Fair trade also provides farmers with funds to invest in community projects like local businesses and health or sanitation. For hired labour, fair trade means decent pay and safe working conditions.

  18. Q: Why does campus have fair trade products? A: It has been designated a Fair Trade campus because of the commitment that students and staff have made to the fair trade movement. We stock Fairtrade coffee, tea and chocolate in the cafeterias and cafes. In fact, 100% of the coffee is Fairtrade.

  19. Q: How can I be sure that the benefits reach farmers? A: If a product has the Fairtrade logo on the packet, then farmers and buyers have been working within the Fairtrade International system. All stakeholders will have been audited by a 3rd party.

  20. THANK YOU!

  21. MY CAMPUS

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