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Director of Fairtrade Foundation wins business award (UN Observer)
2008-11-21 | Harriet Lamb, Executive Director of the Fairtrade Foundation was last night (Wednesday) awarded the prestigious title of Credit Suisse Outstanding Woman in Business at this year’s National Business Awards. (From Yahoo! on Fri, 21 Nov 2008 23:58:20 GMT)Cocoa: Food of the Gods (Toronto Sun)
Sun Media visits cacao farmers in Belize who produce organic cocoa for UK-based chocolate brand Green & Black’s. The Fairtrade mark ensures farmers get a fair price for their product and don’t exploit children or slaves like other parts of the world. (From Yahoo! on Fri, 21 Nov 2008 16:57:50 GMT)Rosie Boycott backs floating vegetable garden (London SE1)
A plan for a floating vegetable garden on the Thames has been announced by the London Food Champion Rosie Boycott. (From Yahoo! on Fri, 21 Nov 2008 16:22:38 GMT)Fairtrade director wins Outstanding Woman in Business Award (Christian Today)
Fairtrade Foundation director Harriet Lamb has won the Credit Suisse Outstanding Woman in Business Awa (From Yahoo! on Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:50:31 GMT)Green award for Woolsery hall (North Devon Gazette & Advertiser)
THIS year's Devon Environmental Business Initiative (DEBI) Awards in Exeter saw Woolsery Sports and Community Hall take home the 'Carbon Reduction' trophy. (From Yahoo! on Fri, 21 Nov 2008 12:46:51 GMT)DJ DGAP-AFR: mwb fairtrade Wertpapierhandelsbank AG: Announcement according to Articles 37v, 37w, 37x et seqq. of the ... (Financial.de)
mwb fairtrade Wertpapierhandelsbank AG / Preliminary announcement on the disclosure of financial statements 21.11.2008 Announcement according to articles 37v, 37w, 37x ff. WpHG, transmitted by DGAP - a company of EquityStory AG. (From Yahoo! on Fri, 21 Nov 2008 09:28:53 GMT)Silver lining for the company of wine peopleTM at the India Wine Challenge (South African Wine News)
the company of wine peopleTM delivered sterling results at the India Wine Challenge: its newly launched Arniston Bay Reserve Sauvignon Blanc 2008 and Kumkani Sauvignon Blanc 2007 were both awarded silver medals. (From Yahoo! on Thu, 20 Nov 2008 22:09:19 GMT)Hexham Courant (The Hexham Courant)
ALLENDALE parish council has co-opted three new councillors.ST John’s Church, at Nenthead, will host a cafe day tomorrow.THE grounds of Holy Cross Church, Haltwhistle, will bloom next spring thanks to the efforts of volunteers last Saturday.COMPUTER novices are being invited to a free workshop at Prudhoe Library today. (From Yahoo! on Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:20:12 GMT)This 2008 Briefing Looks at How Fairtrade Cotton Is Developing as a Category, Reports on Recent Notable Events and ... (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
DUBLIN, Ireland----Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Fairtrade Cotton" report to their offering. (From Yahoo! on Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:38:00 GMT)Serving a fair old teatime treat (Harborough Mail)
STUDENTS from two Harborough schools got the chance to put their culinary skills to the test in a Fairtrade cooking competition. (18/11/2008) (From Yahoo! on Wed, 19 Nov 2008 06:13:08 GMT)10 years of Divine
Divine Chocolate celebrates anniversary with photo exhibition (From The Guardian on Mon, 03 Nov 2008 11:16:00 GMT)Boris Johnson welcomes fairtrade city status but Tory Wandsworth demurs
London has just officially become the world's largest fairtrade city and Mayor Johnson is officially glad. In his latest compromise with the kind of trendy wendy metropolitan political-correctness-gone-mad that is destroying our once proud nation - well that's presumably the way his policy director Anthony Browne sees it - The Blond has described the news as "super" and sending "a clear message that Londoners want their products to be Fairtrade and to make a significant difference to the lives of farmers and workers in the developing world."
He also noted with satisfaction that 20 of the capital's boroughs have become fairtrade institutions. He did not, however, mention that Tory flagship Wandsworth, whose leader Edward Lister was a member of his Tory Audit Panel, is not among that virtuous municipal score. Far from it. Guardian diarist Hugh Muir can tell us more.
guardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2008 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds (From The Guardian on Fri, 24 Oct 2008 08:34:14 GMT)London gets Fairtrade city status
London becomes a Fairtrade city after most businesses were found to offer products bought on fair trading terms from the developing world. (From the BBC on Thu, 23 Oct 2008 07:04:34 GMT)
