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Published on Tuesday 21 February 2012 09:21

CHURCH leaders are to celebrate Fairtrade Fortnight by visiting Sheffield city centre shops to thank them for selling Fairtrade products.

Fairtrade Fortnight, from Monday until Sunday, March 11, is when people are encouraged to buy Fairtrade goods.

The Reverend Vernon Marsh, Sheffield Methodist District chairman, said: “Fairtrade is a way of ensuring farmers and growers in the developing world get fair prices for their produce.”

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seenitall

Thursday, February 23, 2012 at 12:34 PM

And what about 'fairtrade' for all the millions of sweat shop labourers providing the west with all its imports of clothing etc.etc.?

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