the straw that broke Fairtrade
This is possibly the straw that broke the camel's back.
According to the FLO in the milestones document released to me last week, there are 1.1 million individual Fairtrade producers. They share 32 million Euros in Fairtrade Premium. Which means the average Fairtrade producer gets 30 Euros Fairtrade Premium. Which also means, presumably, that a lot of producers get a lot less.
I could go to a producer country and stand on in a tea garden handing out 40 Euro notes to the producers for a lot less than it costs the Fairtrade system. The brands have probably spent a lot more than that printing information about the 'Fairtrade Social Premium' on all their publicity and packaging.
And, of course, to top it all, the producers don't even receive the Premium directly. It goes to pay for schools, community buildings, roads (apparently) and even the maintenance of factory buildings.
Is this the vision of fairtrade you've been working for all these years?
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