Fairtrade Fortnight

A recent report found that there are farmers living on around 74p a day in the cocoa industry, with women in particular carrying the greatest burden. The new petition from the Fairtrade Foundation new petition calls on the Prime Minister to take action to make fair incomes a priority, as they decide on future global trade, aid, human rights…

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Organic sales booming

As long time supporters of  organic produce we welcome the good news from the Soil Assocation. The UK organic market is now worth £2.33 billion with a 5.3% growth in 2018. This is the seventh year of consecutive growth. Almost £45 million is spent on organic each week in the UK. The Soil Association believes that the trend is…

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Organic CAN feed the world

At Coffee Plant we do all we can to use organic sources. Critics say organic methods cannot feed the whole planet but they are wrong. All that is required is that people should stop eating more and more meat. Now a major report from global food experts on the EAT-Lancet Commission has shattered the myth. Agro-ecological farming can feed…

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