Magazine for March 2010
Fairtrade fortnight
At St. Mark’s we use Fairtrade all 52 weeks of the year. but especially this fortnight – give it a try!
Barrie Johns in Bedford Street and the Christian Resource Centre in Radford Road both stock a wide range of goods. It seems so unfair that big and rich corporations should pay farmers LESS than they can possibly live on, and then charities need to help those same farmers – effectively subsidising the multinationals.
We are encouraged to write to supermarket managers asking them to stock the Fairtrade goods we would like to see regularly on their shelves.
This year’s Fairtrade Fortnight actually runs from 22nd February to 7th March, but the dates are less important than the action! We’re asked to join in The Big Swap – our usual stuff for Fairtrade stuff. Our usual bananas for Fairtrade bananas, our usual cotton socks for Fairtrade cotton socks, and our usual cuppa for a Fairtrade cuppa.
Whenever you go to the shops, you can use your purse or your wallet, to make a stand for the Third World!