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Fairtrade farmers reap $41m boost from UK shoppers in 2019

Michael Holder
Michael Holder
clock 30 June 2020 •
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Latest Fairtrade product sales figures show shoppers care 'more about Fairtrade than ever', organisation claims

UK shoppers "care more than ever" about the sustainability of the products they buy, according to the Fairtrade Foundation, which yesterday released figures showing its farmers in the 'Global South' last...

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