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SUMMARY:Fairtrade Fortnight
DESCRIPTION:Fairtrade Fortnight is an annual promotional campaign which hap
 pens 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 g
 eneral concepts of fair trade\, ethical trading or concerned by developmen
 t issues. The concept was pioneered by the Fairtrade Foundation in the Uni
 ted Kingdom\, initially held in 1997 in Scotland and directed by Barnaby M
 iln.\n\nThe inaugural national launch was on 12 February 1997[1][2] at Aug
 ustine United Church on Edinburgh's George IV Bridge by Lady Marion Fraser
 \, chairman of the charity Christian Aid. She broke a bar of Fairtrade cho
 colate to launch the event. It turned out to be a highly successful campai
 gn to get every supermarket throughout Scotland[3][4][5] to stock Fairtrad
 e products. Barnaby Miln sent supporters of Christian Aid Scotland\, SCIAF
 \, Traidcraft\, Oxfam and the World Development Movement a list of 85 supe
 rmarkets in Scotland's cities and larger towns\, and encouraged during the
  Fortnight to go and ask for Fairtrade products.\n\nFairtrade Fortnight sp
 read to the rest of the United Kingdom the following year\; today\, Fairtr
 ade Fortnights are celebrated in several countries\, most notably Ireland\
 , Canada\, Australia and New Zealand. Awareness raising and promotion of F
 airtrade certified products to the public are the main objectives of the F
 ortnight.\n\nUsually events held during the fortnight include:\n\n 	Fetes\
 n 	Fairs\n 	Fairtrade food and drink tastings\,\n 	Fashion shows\n 	Commun
 ity\, school\, college and university events\n\nThese events are often sup
 ported by local authorities and governments\, Fairtrade Steering Groups\, 
 dozens of charities and ATOs\, all seeking to ensure that the local popula
 ce purchase fair and ethically traded goods. Local schools and colleges wh
 ere Fairtrade is a frequently discussed topic can also play significant ro
 les during Fairtrade Fortnight.\n\nEvents are highlighted and recorded on 
 various nations' Fairtrade licensing bodies' websites (e.g. the Fairtrade 
 Foundation in the UK or Fairtrade Canada). Most media outlets are keen to 
 support a fast-growing trend in which previously disadvantaged third world
  producers have a fairer market to sell their wares and develop their econ
 omic capabilities.\n\n[button link="/tag/fairtrade-fortnight/" type="icon"
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