{"id":4500,"date":"2020-05-21T17:03:34","date_gmt":"2020-05-21T16:03:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/middlesbrough\/?p=4500"},"modified":"2020-05-21T17:03:34","modified_gmt":"2020-05-21T16:03:34","slug":"in-support-of-fairtrade-during-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/middlesbrough\/2020\/05\/21\/in-support-of-fairtrade-during-covid-19\/","title":{"rendered":"In Support of Fairtrade during COVID-19"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SIM supports Fairtrade movement in Middlesbrough as it aims to improve the lives of some of the world&#8217;s poorest farmers by pressuring suppliers to give them a price for their goods closer to that which we pay in the shops.<\/p>\n<p>However, due to the current situation caused by the pandemic, Fairtade movement has been affected.<\/p>\n<p>In the words of Jenny Medhurst (who has been promoting Fairtrade in Teesside for the last 35 years), &#8220;<strong>prices (tea by 40%, cocoa by 25%) and orders (Kenya has lost two thirds of its orders for Fairtrade flowers) have collapsed. Huge numbers of people have lost their jobs and are struggling to feed their families.<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Hence, supporting Fairtrade has, now, become more important than ever.<\/p>\n<p>Jenny suggests the following ways to help Fairtrade:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>An occasional, or regular food order for your own needs would be really helpful. (Perhaps, you could encourage a neighbour to shop with you.)<\/li>\n<li>And\/or,\u00a0 perhaps, you could you buy a present for a self-isolating friend or an over-worked key worker neighbour. Such as,<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li>a treat box of chocolates and biscuits<\/li>\n<li>a store cupboard box of food essentials-perhaps tea,coffee,rice,muesli,pasta,biscuits,fish and oil.<\/li>\n<li>the Palestinian ingredients for Nigella Lawson&#8217;s delicious chocolate olive oil cake which is dairy and gluten free (<a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/middlesbrough\/files\/2020\/05\/Chocolate-olive-oil-cake-box-.doc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chocolate Olive Oil Cake<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>a box of environmentally friendly spring cleaning products<\/li>\n<li>a rainbow striped teapot and mug or egg cup (see below)<\/li>\n<li>a small gift &#8211; a pair of socks, a spectacles holder, a scarf, a candle, a special soap or a handmade card.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4502\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4502\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/middlesbrough\/files\/2020\/05\/striped-mug-and-teapot.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4502 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/middlesbrough\/files\/2020\/05\/striped-mug-and-teapot-300x178.jpg\" alt=\"Rainbow Striped Mug and Teapot\" width=\"300\" height=\"178\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/middlesbrough\/files\/2020\/05\/striped-mug-and-teapot-300x178.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/middlesbrough\/files\/2020\/05\/striped-mug-and-teapot.jpg 864w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4502\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rainbow Striped Mug and Teapot<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Attached is Jenny&#8217;s current food\/cleaning products order form (<a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/middlesbrough\/files\/2020\/05\/Food-Summer-2020.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Food Summer 2020<\/a>) with details of order size, payment and delivery options at the end. She can be contacted at 01740 630475.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Support Fairtrade to be Fair<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SIM supports Fairtrade movement in Middlesbrough as it aims to improve the lives of some&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":426,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4500","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-events"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>In Support of Fairtrade during COVID-19 | News | Blog | Events | SI Middlesbrough<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"SI Middlesbrough : Blog &amp; News : In Support of Fairtrade during COVID-19 : Keep up to date with the latest news, articles and events from the Soroptimists of SI Middlesbrough . 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