FAIRTRADE FORTNIGHT 2011

You may have seen the brightly coloured cotton bunting hanging near the check-outs in the Brodick Co-op during Fairtrade fortnight in March.
Arran Fairtrade would like to thank all the primary school children on Arran for decorating the fairtrade cotton bunting so beautifully and artistically. In total, Arran has sent off 409 decorated flags to be part of the Guinness challenge, to make the longest, fairest ever bunting. When joined together these 409 flags will measure 69 metres and will contribute to the total 4,350 metres of bunting to be hung up on World Fair Trade day on Saturday 8th May in London. This will be a call for trade justice specifically for West African Farmers, asking rich countries to drop their distorting subsidies that are keeping poor farmer’s trapped in poverty.