SHOP ! for Wholefoods
Wholefoods
Chutney
Buy "Geo" Mango Chutney from Sainsbury's or Traidcraft plc. (or even better, from the
One World Shop).
Pickles
Eswatini Swazi Kitchen make the most delicious chutneys and relishes imaginable.
And the sweetness goes as far as providing work for the women in the kitchen and education for a growing number of orphans.
See
Oxfam Report.
Import into UK is via The Coach House, Balmore, Torrance, Glasgow. G64 4AE. 01360 020 742.
For more information about Eswatini click Eswatini flyer
For price list (at August 2005) click Eswatini Price List
Products include:
- Lime Pickle
- Swazi Fire
- Kumquat Atchar (A sort of cross between Lime Pickle and Kumquat Marmalade)
Cashew Nut Butter
Cashew Nut butter is available from Equal Exchange
Buy from Fair Trade Shops.
Hazelnut Butter
Traidcraft are now selling Hazelnut butter, and very good it is too.
Buy from Fair Trade Shops, Sainsburys, Traidcraft plc.
Peanut Butter
Peanut butter is available from Equal Exchange and from Kitchen Garden.
Buy from Fair Trade Shops.
Tahini
Tahini is available from Equal Exchange
Buy from Fair Trade Shops.
Cocoa
Equal Exchange, Green and Blacks, Cafe Direct and Traidcraft, etc all have cocoa readily available.
Buy Cafe Direct and G&B from Supermarkets.
Buy the full range from Fair Trade Shops.
Coffee
Equal Exchange, Cafe Direct, Percol, Traidcraft, Taylors, etc all have ground coffees readily available.
Buy Cafe Direct and percol from Supermarkets.
Buy the full range from Fair Trade Shops.
Couscous
Fairly traded couscous is available in UK from Zaytoun
Fruit Juice
A limited range of Fruit Juices are now Fairtrade labelled including tropical (mixed) fruit, a breakfast juice (orange and grapefruit) and orange juice.
Check out Fruit Passion.
Buy from Fair Trade Shops, Sainsburys, Traidcraft plc.
Almonds
Zaytoun, are importing Fair Trade Almonds into UK from Palestine.
Buy from Fair Trade Shops.
Brazil Nuts
Equal Exchange now market FAIRTRADE labeled Brazil Nuts from Peru
 .
Buy from Fair Trade Shops and Tesco.
Click here to download the Twin press release on Nuts.
Cashew Nuts
Equal Exchange now market FAIRTRADE labeled Cashew Nuts.
Buy from Fair Trade Shops.
Peanuts
The co-op has started to sell peanuts from Malawi.
Walnuts
There is not yet a labelling scheme for walnuts.
Buy fairly traded nuts from Traidcraft plc.
Herbs and Spices
There is no labelling scheme for herbs.
A number of spices bearing the label are beginning to appear.
Fairtrade black peppercorns have been available for some time.
The list stands at (August 06):
- cinnamon quills
- four coloured pepper
- ground cinnamon
- ground nutmeg
- ground ginger
- ground turmeric
- black peppercorns
- white peppercorns
- whole cloves
Buy from Fair Trade Shops, Health food shops, online. Look for Kitchen Garden Fair Traded spices.
Check out
www.steenbergs.co.uk/fairtrade.php
Some Suma Fairtrade labelled spices are also available.
Honey
A range of Honeys is now Fairtrade labelled and there are also some Fairly Traded honeys.
Buy from Fair Trade Shops, Traidcraft, Holland and Barrett, and certain specific brands in the supermarkets.
Jam
Strawberry jam is available from Traidcraft and Traidcraft reps and distributors.
Buy from Fair Trade Shops, Traidcraft
Marmalade
Orange Marmalade is available from Traidcraft and Traidcraft reps and distributors.
Buy from Fair Trade Shops, Traidcraft
Brazil Nut Oil
Brazil Nut Oil is available via Equal Exchange.
Buy from Fair Trade Shops.
NB: Difficulties in sourcing Amazon Flame were experienced during 2007.
Olive Oil
Olive Oil from Palestine is available via Equal Exchange, and from Zaytoun
.
Buy from Fair Trade Shops.
Pasta
There is no labelling scheme for Pasta. However, Traidcraft have 2 different pastas available, Fusilli, and Penne.
Buy from
Fair Trade Shops,
and
Traidcraft.
Pulses
There is no labelling scheme for Pulses.
However, Suma have 3 different Fairly Traded dried pulses available:
Aduki beans
Black beans
Soya beans.
Buy from Fair Trade Shops including
Hull One World Shop .
Rice
Basmati Fair Trade rice is available from Traidcraft and Traidcraft reps and distributors.
Buy from Fair Trade Shops, Traidcraft
FLO International has a labelling cheme in place for Rice and FAIRTRADE rice is being traded.
Suma Fairtrade labelled rice is available from the
Hull One World Shop .
Rice Cakes
Rice Cakes with salt, or without salt, but both with the Fairtrade LAbel are now available.
Buy from Fair Trade Shops including
Hull One World Shop .
Quinoa
Red Quinoa (pronounced keen-wah) is imported by Granovita, and sold through wholefood shops.
Buy from Holland and Barrett.
On the packaging Granovita claims to believe in Fair Trade, claiming that they pay a fair price to the farmers. However, there is no commitment to Fair Trade on the Granovita website, and no definition of "Fair Price".
BUT
Enquiries with Granovita revealed the following:
Bolivia and Fair Trade: Since 1998 our manufacturers have founded an association with Bolivians involved in growing quinoa. Even though the goal of the company is to buy and sell, we also aim to contribute financially and technologically, providing tools and training. We aim to improve the living standards of the Bolivian peasants working with us and more than 1000 families are assisted by this means. More specifically, the company has supported all farms by:
Cash payment in US $ on supplies of products.
100% of the cost of organic certification.
Support on seeds by advanced payment to buy product to be seeded every year.
Paying a 10% more expensive price than the local market price to provide a real bonus to the farmers in our system.
We finance all technical and logistical costs to export a highly cleaned product to Europe.
Over and above this, we have constantly raised our volumes with the local farmers and have given them a chance to stay in their villages and escape the catastrophic economic situation experienced in many South American countries at present.
Looks Fair to me.
For more information on quinoa visit
Quinoa, Soul Food of the Andes
Suma Fairtrade labelled quinoa is available from the
One World Shop .
Sugar
Several different sugars are available including, Caster Sugar, Raw Cane Sugar,
Demerara Sugar and that dark brown stuff.
Steenbergs now also offer a range of flavoured sugars, cinnamon, lavendar, rose, lemon and vanilla.
Give them a try: www.steenbergs.co.uk/fairtrade.php
Buy from Fair Trade Shops, The Co-op stores, Health Food shops, Traidcraft, Tesco.
Seeds
There is no scheme available for seeds at the moment, and many are UK sourced anyway.
Buy from Health Food shops.
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