
The Fairtrade Foundation will launch Fairtrade Fortnight 2011 today by announcing that sales of Fairtrade products soared by 40% in 2010 to an estimated retail value of £1.17bn. UK shoppers are continuing to embrace Fairtrade, showing no downturn on ethical values despite the tough economic times.
For a calender of events happening around the country see
http://www.fairtrade.org.uk/show_off_your_label/show_off_events/default.aspx?pageIndex=1