Un-fair Trade

Unfair trade: the food chain

I recently came across many different stories and campaigns about different practices of Un-Fairtrade.  Click on the following links for examples of this. 

Friends of the Earth: Real Foods   Read about the effects of big businesses and the global market on the farmers being forced to sell their produce at unfairly low prices.

World Development Movement: Trade Campaign  Learn about some of the un-fair trading rules and regulations

Environmental Health Perspective: Unfair Trade - e-waste in Africa  Read about the dangerous problem of e-waste in Nigeria

Pick a fight: China Trade  Learn of the unfair trading practices in China and the effect this has

Banana Link: The Banana Trade See how trading rules and un-fair standards are present in the banana trade

War on Want: Supermarkets & Sweatshops Read about the effect of Supermarkets and their control on the gobal market.  There are also links to many of their campaigns againt un-fair trade!

 

 

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