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fairtrade?

  • 14-02-2013 1:55pm
    #1
    miss no stars
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    I was eating my lunch there and my treat for the day was a bar of Cadbury's Dairy Milk and noticed the little fairtrade symbol on it.

    Dairy-Milk-42g-Fairtrade.jpg

    I've never really thought about fairtrade much when it comes to doing the weekly shop. I usually just buy what looks like the best value (for me obviously).

    But looking at this little logo, I realised I didn't know much about how "fairtrade" works or whether it works at all and there appears to be a lot of debate as to whether it gives a better deal at all.

    Some say it artificially inflates markets and excludes the very poorest of the poor farmers, while others say it leads the market prices to fairer prices overall and allows for development of entire communities, not just the individuals signed up with fairtrade.

    What's the consensus? I don't know enough to make a call on this one but someone out there must know a bit about it...


Comments

  • #2
    Prodigious
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,827 ✭✭✭Prodigious


    Fell asleep in CSPE, can't remember.


  • #3
    Banjo String
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,380 ✭✭✭✭Banjo String


    Swap ya my dodgems for your waltzer?


  • #4
    Joe_Christ
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18 ✭Joe_Christ


    Makes you wonder how bad non fair trade stuff is


  • #5
    crockholm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,448 ✭✭✭crockholm


    No doubt ol'smart arse Wibbs will be in soon with a 5000 word essay ;)


  • #6
    The_Gatsby
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,494 ✭✭✭The_Gatsby


    I usually go for what's better value. Although with things like Cadburys chocolate I usually presume that the higher price is because of the better quality, not the fact they're paying the farmers more. Maybe it just means that fair trade companies make a smaller profit?


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  • #7
    im invisible
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,372 ✭✭✭im invisible


    SamHall wrote: »
    Swap ya my dodgems for your waltzer?
    fair trade...


  • #8
    Banjo String
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,380 ✭✭✭✭Banjo String


    im invisible wrote: »
    fair trade...

    Swing boats?


  • #9
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 93,581 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    The Tate and Lyle fairtrade sugar you get in them German supermarkets is the biz,


    and by that I mean you get the warm fuzzy feeling from knowing it's really cheap


  • #10
    admiralofthefleet
    Closed Accounts Posts: 15,515 ✭✭✭✭admiralofthefleet


    why are they call fairtrade? the coffee is €2 more than tesco own brand. doesnt seem fair to me


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