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Fair-Trade Market

Fair-Trade Market

The Fair- Trade Market has become a booming business. The teenagers real are the leaders in the background because they sell these fair trade products. By selling chocolate or bananas they create a new worldwide social revolution. They receive the fruits from Africa and Latin America. Nowadays it is really hard to survive in the world market but these farmers are very successful in the global economy. In the 1980s a start was made and after 15 years the effect is, that now it is an important industry. 30 years ago organic food was hardly known and only few people bought these products. Especially in Britain this market is now growing and the receipts are about 1 billion pounds a year. Today Fair Trade food is widely sold at correct prices. These small producers who do their business with coffee, tea cocoa and fruit earn more.
Since the 1950’s a new group, Oxfam International., promotes Fair Trade. It is a group of 12 organizations and more than 100 countries pa...

Posted by: Tamara Moore

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