Fair Trade

What is Fairtrade?
Fairtrade is about better prices, decent working conditions, local sustainability and fair terms of trade for farmers and workers in the developing world.

Did you know that your coffee, chocolate, cotton in your T-shirt and Tea were most likely made by slaves, sweat labour and children?
Unfortunate truth today. But there is a solution.
Fair trade improves workers incomes by often prepaying them so they can buy things they need for production and giving them a much better price.
Fairtrade also collects a premium for these producers. Which helps them develop their economy by allowing them to build schools and improve their water supply. Sort of like a tax system, but instead it's a bonus. But serves the same purpose but gives things they actually really really need. Rather then things we might need.

Fair trade quite often pays 50%+ on top of the regular price of product. Cocoa farmers will get 4% of the selling price of a chocolate bar. Although I believe it should be higher, these steps are certainly favourable.
I have personally stopped eating Nestle, Mars and Cadbury Chocolate. I believe the only way to force them to clean up their act is to stop purchasing their products until they do. Whether they leave it to late will be interesting.
Chocolate is a luxury product, I don't need it so that was my first step.

Scarborough fair is now stocked in Woolworths supermarkets. Only problem is that it tastes horrible. However Trade Aid chocolate is the best I have ever tasted. There are fair trade stores everywhere across the country, I would recommend trying it.

I struggle to figure how Cadbury can be New Zealand's most trusted company.
Many secrets I guess :/
I know I didn't know for a long time.
There's some food for thought. (Oh man I'm really funny)
More to come on fair trade...