What should be done for the future of fairtrade?

Question

What should be done for the future of fairtrade?

Answer 1

I happen to know someone who set up one of the first fairtrade companies. The growers are all provided with training and investment. The products are accessed from Africa and South America, all the communities now have schools and available healthcare, for the first time they are in control of the own lives. All the growers have to adhere to organic growing according to Soil Association rules. In S. America the side effects of this are cleaner rivers and a return of the natural bio-diversity. All this achieved within 30 years.

Answer 2

yes!

Answer 3

U.S. needs to change its trade terms with China. Less import from China and more U.S. products exported into China. We currently have a serious imbalance partly due to our tremendous deficit.

Answer 4

For a start it should be completely abolished, its blatant neo-colonialism. If only people knew what AID and trade really meant then the middle class wouldnt be so stupid to buy that ****.

Answer 5

Reduce the prices.