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Fairtrade Weblinks

Chokky Central - have another look at these pages on Fairtrade and Chocolate.

The Fairtrade Foundation

An excellent site dedicated to fairtrade. It includes information on what fairtrade is and how it works and case studies of how it has helped farmers. Find out about Fairtrade Fortnight (4th-17th March 2002!)

Wycombe High School's - Geography of Chocolate

An excellent ** site from the Wycombe High School Geography department on chocolate - looking at the idea of trade and cocoa production - from bean to bar (well worth exploring!)

 

Oxfam Fairtrade Page

Fair trade site with a links page and information to find out more about fair trade (including case studies.

 

Cadbury's Website - Making Chocolate

 

Global Eye - focus on Globalisation and Trade

 

Make Trade Fair

 

Dubble

The Dubble bar is fairtrade chocolate linked to Comic Relief. This is an excellent site including lots of information on fairtrade and further links. Includes the chocolate-chain adventure looking at the journey of the cocoa bean!

Watch movies on cocoa production and even play the cocoa game!

 

Divine Chocolate

A super overview of fairtrade . Divine Chocolate is made by the Day Chocolate Company which produces fairtrade chocolate.

The History of Chocolate

Follows the history of chocolate and the chocolate making process!

 

Bean-Bar

Part of the divine chocolate site looking at the processes involved in manufacturing chocolate from the cocoa bean to the finished bar.

Cocoa and Ghana

Again part of the divine chocolate site looking specifically at the importance of cocoa growing in Ghana (includes examples of how fairtrade has helped farmers in Ghana!)

 

 

A safe pair of hands for cocoa collective

Newspaper article from the Guardian on Kuapa Kokoo and its aims.

Sweet Success for Cocoa Farmers

Newspaper article form the Guardian

 

Cafédirect

This fairtrade company gives information on what fairtrade is and has further links.

 

 

New Internationalist Website - useful articles on Fairtrade and Cocoa Chain

This will take you to the New Internationalist website - from the search engine - try searches for

1. Cocoa Chain (some really good articles)

2. Fairtrade                                                          

Virtual Tour around Ghana

Ghana is a major producer and exporter of cocoa beans - explore the geography of the country by following this link!

BAFTS - British Association of Fairtrade Shops

 

 

Fairtrade Photo Gallery

Some useful photographs for you from the Fairtrade website - don't forget to add the source of the photograph if you include it in your project  e.g. Source - Fairtrade Foundation.

 

What is Fairtrade

From the Fairtrade Foundation Website

 

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