tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9192922.post4110039028649547592..comments2024-03-29T11:22:18.208+00:00Comments on Mabinogogiblog: Free-Market Fundamentalists against FairTradeDocRichardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08903964792092284406noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9192922.post-9715369528479204882010-11-05T15:30:53.505+00:002010-11-05T15:30:53.505+00:00Hi Girls
Thanks for that. We have to be resigned t...Hi Girls<br />Thanks for that. We have to be resigned to this kind of knocking from the free-marketeers, because they feel threatened by anything that smacks 9to them) of a license for corporations to do whatever they bloody well choose. Unfortunately, they hold 9/10ths of the media in the palm of their hands, which means that our neighbours are brainwashed with a steady drip-drip of misinformation.<br />*sign*<br />RichardDocRichardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08903964792092284406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9192922.post-83402663320186989172010-11-05T10:30:30.710+00:002010-11-05T10:30:30.710+00:00I also get frustrated with these kind of easy knoc...I also get frustrated with these kind of easy knocks on fairtrade. Having worked in fairtrade for quite awhile, I do think that Fairtrade could do better to defend itself. At the beginning it set off with a simple message that really worked for consumers - a premium price, going to benefit the farmers. So now that is continually how Fairtrade gets knocked, and when you do get into the margins / prices in a simple way then its really difficult to justify the benefits of Fairtrade in a quite & simple way.<br />I do wonder why no one really bangs home the message of the direct & long term trading relations, the producer developement support to upskil the farmers and that its a system that works with farmer coops & associations. When you meet the farmers, they say its the trading relationships that are number one in the benefits chart for them. Plus the most important thing about Fairtrade is where it starts - its starts with the Farmer - the pricing, the product all begin with the farmers. Conventional trade starts at the other end with the price & profit margin for the brand / company. The difference is significant. If we could move to this kind of debate then Fairtrade stands out for its continual intent to develop and improve. Its never said it has all the answers. Me - i will keep putting these ideas across in the forums, but I do find that I have been doing this for awhile now and we don't seem to be moving on..Ethics Girlshttp://www.ethicsgirls.co.uknoreply@blogger.com