People should buy a lot of Fair Trade chocolate so that we farmers here will get premium to support our income. Through this we can send our children to school; live in good houses; take care of ourselves and our family; and contribute to the development of the world.

- Eli Santana, Ghanaian cocoa grower

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Go bananasGoing Fairly Bananas

As the highest per capita consumers of bananas in the world, New Zealanders could make a real difference by buying certified Fairtrade bananas.

 

FINALLY, fair trade bananas are available in New Zealand. Currently being sold at supermarkets and stores in the North Island, we need people to buy them to prove the demand is there.

 

Not in teh North Island? Ask your local shop to stock them now. A trial shipment has just arrived at New World South City in Christchurch. 

 

The Challenge

To sell 100,000 bunches of Fairtrade bananas before Fair Trade Fortnight 2010. 20,000 sold by the beginning of March. 

 

Why fair trade bananas?

Most banana plantation workers do not earn enough to live and support their families. Some earn less than $3 a day.


Small farmers struggle to cover their cost of production whilst trying to compete with large scale
plantations owned by a small number of multinational corporations who dominate the global banana trade, controlling both the markets and prices.

How does fair trade help?

Not only do certified Fairtrade banana growers get a fair and stable price for their crop, they also get a ‘Fairtrade social premium’. This is used to improve living and working conditions for the community.

All Good Bananas is sourcing fair trade bananas from the El Guabo Cooperative in Ecuador. Thanks to consumers paying a little more for Fairtrade bananas, the El Guabo growers have been able to invest in a medical clinic for workers and families, a retirement fund for growers and in education for local children.