Fairtrade Archive

Artisan Food delivery service comes to London

Rob Ford, a Highgate entrepreneur is this week launching Tilia, a new home delivery service for the food lovers of London who prefer groceries which have been sourced only from artisan producers. The premise for Tilia is very simple; food that has been reared then cut and moulded and kneaded and baked by artists in

Starbucks look into selling fairtrade coffees in various outlets

It has been announced that Starbucks are considering the idea of selling coffee in petrol stations from vending machines, airports and offices. The vending machines will offer 100% Fairtrade espressos 5 to 15p less than those offered in shops and the customers will be able to choose from more than 250 drink combinations. Starbucks is

Esteemed tea room critic continues his journey of the UK

It has been a busy summer for Joe Ellis, the often controversial reviewer for the Joe Ellis Tea Room Guide website, as he has swept across both the Derbyshire Dales and the Peak District on his never ending mission to seek out the best, and the worst, of English tea rooms and bid to save

Experts warn another global food crisis could be on its way

Experts are worried that the world is to face another food crisis, following droughts in the US and near the Black Sea, insidious hunger in the Sahel region of Africa and in India, weak monsoon rains. Keeping catastrophe at bay is Asia’s strong rice harvest with the G20 group trying to deflect the main threat

Food shortage predicted due to ever increasing population

A growing population, combined with the volatile price of food, has meant that the population in the future might have to rethink what they eat in as little as 20 years time. The rising price of food as well as various environmental concerns has meant that many governments around the world as well as the

Harry Hill mans the tills at Oxfam to sell his fairtrade nuts

The television presenter Harry Hill is going to be working behind the till at the Oxfam store on Kensington high street in London. The idea is that people are going to come to the store to buy fair trade products that bear the name of the star. The range is called Harry’s Nuts! These products,

Harry Hill goes Fairtrade crazy after trip to Ghana

In 2002 Harry Hill went to Ghana with his brother Rod, a Devon farmer, just to “see how it works on the ground”. That trip got him interested in Fairtrade, and he’s carrying the message with a will. His brand on Harry’s Nuts! that include peanuts, cashews and now peanut butter boasts the Fairtrade logo