Students go bananas for Fairtrade Fortnight!

Students go bananas for Fairtrade Fortnight!

MEMBERS of the Student Union at Yeovil College encouraged their friends and staff to turn “yellow” on Friday (March 7, 2014) for Fairtrade Fortnight.

As well as telling everyone about fair-trade at a stand at the college, the students also raised money for the campaign by selling fruit and marshmallow kebabs to dip in fair-trade chocolate fountains in the college’s Da Vinci Restaurant.

They raised more nearly £100.

Fairtrade Fortnight is an annual promotional campaign which happens once every year, organized and funded by the Fairtrade Foundation to increase awareness of Fairtrade products. It makes use of volunteers who support the goals of Fairtrade but who may also be committed to the more general concepts of fair trade, ethical trading or concerned by development issues.

The Fairtrade branding signifies that international standards have been met with regards to working conditions, sustainability, and fair terms of trade.

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