Fairtrade Festival: 'Choose the world you want'

Source: Fairtrade Fortnight

For two weeks each year, thousands of individuals, churches and groups across the UK come together to share the stories of the people who grow our food and drinks, mine our gold and who grow the cotton in our clothes, people who are often exploited and underpaid. The exact dates of Fairtrade Fortnight are 21 February to 6 March 2022.

In 2022, an online festival - 'Choose the World you Want' - will run throughout Fairtrade Fortnight. Campaigners, shoppers, students and businesses will show support for the farmers behind our food on the front line of the climate crisis. From online panels and quiz nights to bake-offs and coffee mornings supporters will share the power of Fairtrade and what needs to happen next to ensure farmers and workers are put front and centre of conversations on how to tackle the climate crisis.

Since last Fairtrade Fortnight we have seen the G7 and COP26 take place. Over 33,000 campaigners joined 1.8m Fairtrade farmers and workers in backing the 'Be Fair With Your Climate Promise' challenge to world leaders at the UN COP26 summit. But frustration came as the wealthiest nations failed to recognise the urgent need to invest in farmer expertise by delaying their promised $100bn annual funding to the most climate vulnerable countries until 2023. We need to be louder than ever to make sure politicians turn their promises into action at COP27 in Egypt later this year.

The Fairtrade Foundation was founded in 1992 by CAFOD, Christian Aid, Oxfam, Traidcraft, the World Development Movement and the National Federation of Women's Institutes.

Fairtrade is about social, economic and environmental justice. Choosing Fairtrade fights for improvements in producers' livelihoods with collective strength through co-ops and their bargaining power, the protection of a Minimum Price and Fairtrade Premiums.

LINKS

Signing up for involvement in the 2022 Festival: www.fairtrade.org.uk/choose-the-world-you-want/

CAFOD campaigning on Fairtrade: https://cafod.org.uk/Campaign/Fairtrade