1. Independent learning task
Fairtrade fortnight – 27th Feb-11th March

3. Turned discussion
Soon it will be fairtrade fortnight. What is fairtrade? What does it involve? Why is it important?

4. What is Fairtrade?
Fairtrade is about better prices, decent working conditions and fair terms of trade for farmers and workers.
It’s about supporting the development of thriving farming and worker communities that have more control over their futures and protecting the environment in which they live and work.
And it’s your opportunity to connect with the people who grow the produce that we all depend on.

5. The fairtrade mark…
When you buy products with the FAIRTRADE Mark, you support farmers and workers as they work to improve their lives and their communities.
The Mark means that the Fairtrade ingredients in the product have been produced by small-scale farmer organisations or plantations that meet Fairtrade social, economic and environmental standards. 

6. The fairtrade fortnight quiz (to be done in groups)
Which of these fruits can you buy with the FAIRTRADE Mark?
Strawberries b. Peaches c. Grapes d. Oranges
2. Where does cotton come from?
a flower b. a tree c. a vine d. a cotton worm
3. Who grows Fairtrade olives?
4. Is the cocoa pod
a. a vegetable b. a fruit c. a flower d. a leaf

7. The fairtrade fortnight quiz (to be done in groups)
5. What does this map show?
where apples are grown
b. where Fairtrade food is sold
c. where cocoa is grown
d. where chocolate is made

8. The fairtrade fortnight quiz (to be done in groups)
6. Which famous civil rights activist said this? “Before you finish eating your breakfast in the morning, you’ve depended on more than half the world.”
7. Name three Fairtrade products that you can’t eat or drink.
8. How do farmers harvest cocoa?
ferment the cocoa pods, break them open then dry the beans
b. break open cocoa pods, ferment the cocoa beans then dry them
c. dry the cocoa pods, ferment them and then break them open

9. The fairtrade fortnight quiz (to be done in groups)
9. Fairtrade rice helps farmers in Africa and Asia earn enough money from what they grow, but how many varieties of rice are there in the world?
5 b. 200 c. 5,000 d. 40,000
10. Which beans go into Fairtrade Baked Beans, grown by farmers in Inner Mongolia?
a. White kidney beans b. Soybeans c. Green beans d. Jelly beans

10. Answers: c. grapes and d. oranges a. a flower 3. Palestinian farmers
4. b. a fruit
5. c. where cocoa is grown
Martin Luther King
7. Shower gel, body lotion, clothes, jewellery, soap, body scrub, beauty products – made using Fairtrade honey, Fairtrade cotton, Fairtrade gold, Fairtrade shea butter, Fairtrade cocoa, Fairtrade mango or Fairtrade sugar
8. b. break open cocoa pods, ferment the cocoa beans then dry them
9. d. 40,000
10. a. White kidney beans

11. More info… Fairtrade story