Introduction

The Fair trade Mark is an independent consumer label which appears on products as an independent guarantee that poor producers in the 3rd world are getting a better deal.

See Cayley's School Council Presentation about Fairtrade

Almost half of today's main food crops were originally discovered in the rainforest. Plants that originated, or still live in the forests provide us with fruits, nuts, and grains -- bananas, oranges, pineapples, avocados, mangoes, papayas, tea, sugar, rice, maize, cashews, peanuts, cloves, vanilla, cinnamon. Coffee. Chocolate. Even our common domestic chicken originated in Indian forests.

Imagine how different our diets would be if any of these food plants had become extinct before it was even discovered. The diverse forest gene-pool holds immense potential. New crops are cultivated from forest species, and genetic material from wild plants can be used to improve harvests from existing crops.

See our webquests
Fair Trade and the Tropical Rainforests Research how Fair Trade foods are helping our environment.

Trade: Free or Fair? Research the issue of how what you buy might could change the world!

Local Democracy and Fair Trade Learn about the Mayor, town hall, the borough and fair trade.
There is also a teachers support pack on organising a class town hall visit.