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"Andrew Mackintosh" |
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RE: [FTUC] Tesco Fairtrade jam[Scanned]
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Oct 18th, 2007 - 07:04:32 |
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I agree entirely, it is obscene the distances some of our food travels but there lies the rub, fairtrade foods cannot be sourced locally by definition, now the soil association is considering making air freighted goods unacceptable for certification, which would decimate societies in developing countries, my mail was simply to highlight the quandary we face when choosing the provenance of our food. We are essentially made to choose, home or away, my own personal choice is local but I support the work of FLO and FTF with great gusto (pun intended) I was contacted recently by a representative of a co-operative of british farmers who are considering growing grains traditionally source from developing countries to supplement the (rather poor) wheat crops, such as teff, quinoa and amaranth, we buy quinoa for instance from south american communities that depend on us for their sole source of outside income so the choice becomes further convoluted.
And to really support local farmers and growers the previous poster was right one really shouldn't shop at tescos
Regards
Andrew
-----Original Message-----
From: Trudy Cunningham [mailto:T.Z.Cunningham (at) dundee.ac.uk]
Sent: 18 October 2007 11:55
To: Andrew Mackintosh
Subject: RE: [FTUC] Tesco Fairtrade jam[Scanned]
Thanks Andrew I take your point but the Scottish soft fruit industry is
in decline and under threat from cheap European imports, I also care
about transport miles and believe in eating fruits(fresh) when they are
in season from a local source whenever possible.
PSave paper - do you need to print this email?
Regards
Trudy L. Cunningham
>>> "Andrew Mackintosh" 18/10/2007 11:44 >>>
The fact that they use local strawberries means that by definition they
can't be fairly traded, so you must ask yourself what is the only
ingredient that is fairly traded? without even looking I know it has to
be sugar, because jam is fruit water and sugar right?. To get a fair
trade mark the fair trade foundation says "the minimum Fairtrade content
is 20% of the dry weight of any one ingredient" (source; Fair Trade
Foundation), so a 340 jar of "fairtrade" jam can contain as little as
68g of fairtrade sugar, Fairtrade sugar is £800 per tonne, so each jar
contains 5.44pence worth of fairtrade ingredients. So, say the jam is an
average £1.90 then 0.02 percent of the product price is from a fairtrade
source, I'm not that convinced, I'd go to my local independent retailer
and look for Tradecraft or even better Biofair spreads (who actually use
fairtrade fruit in their spreads as well as sugar) find the ingredients
here
http://www.windmillorganics.com/product_search.php?frm_id=psearc&psearc_is_valid=1&brand=0&product=28&veggie=&submit_psearc=Search+Products
Regards
Andrew Mac
Suma
-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Richardson [mailto:walesfairtrade (at) btconnect.com]
Sent:18 October 2007 11:09
To:Andrew Mackintosh
Subject:Re: [FTUC] Tesco Fairtrade jam[Scanned]
Tescos say that if they receive 5 customer feedback forms requesting an
item
they will stock it. Can you and your local Fairtrade group fill in
customer requests?
However if sales don't follow they obviously won't reorder.
Kind regards,
Mark
Mark Richardson
Wales Fair Trade Forum
Fforwm Masnach Deg Cymru
07766 015 664
www.fairtradewales.com
www.masnachdegcymru.com
P.S. DON'T FORGET TO BOOK YOUR PLACE AT THE FAIR TRADE WALES
CONFERENCE!
27TH OCTOBER 2007.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Trudy Cunningham"
To: "Mark Richardson"
Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2007 5:09 PM
Subject: [FTUC] Tesco Fairtrade jam
> Hi ,
> My local Tesco used to sell Fairtrade Duerrs Strawberry Jam then for
no
> apparent reason it stopped. Which I wouldn't have minded but they
didn't
> stock an equivalent item. I liked this jam as it was both Fairtrade
and
> used locally grown Strawberries (Duerrs is a local firm) thus
reducing
> carbon miles.
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> PSave paper - do you need to print this email?
> Regards
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> Trudy L. Cunningham
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