Following on from the debate on 25 03 2025, Motion S6M-16906 has been raised in The Scottish Parliament on 26 03 2025, by Colin Smyth MSP South Scotland, Scottish Labour.
SI Hamilton member Morag attended the debate in The Scottish Parliament on 25 03 202, led by Cabinet Secretary Angus Robertson MSP, who had brought the debate to Parliament.
Renewal of Status announced at an event in New College Lanarkshire Motherwell Campus, 10 03 2025.
Marking Fairtrade Fortnight 9 September – 22 September 2024!
30 years of the Fairtrade Mark in the UK!
First photo above shows North Lanarkshire Provost Kenneth Duffy raising the Fairtrade Flag with the assistance of Steering Group members. Also present are P 5’s, (with their Head Mistress and a teacher), who are displaying their posters and banner.
SI Hamilton member Morag is a member of North Lanarkshire Steering Group.
Second photo shows The Fairtrade Flag flying.
Third photo shows poster marking 30 years of the Fairtrade Mark in the UK.
Fourth photo shows the Wishaw Press article describing the event.
4 03 2024 Meru Herbs is now a Guaranteed Member of the World Fair Trade Organisation!
SI Canterbury had supported this project based in Meru, Kenya, in 2014. In 2015 it was selected as the 2016-19 Federation project at the SIGBI Federation Conference, Glasgow 2015.
A small Fair Trade organisation, known as Just Trading Scotland at the time, now known as True Origin, was known to import products from Meru Herbs. Many Clubs used the products from Meru Herbs to raise money for the MWGP.
From the Scottish Fair Trade Forum (SFTF) Newsletter today 4 03 2024 article on Meru Herbs by True Origin, “Meru Herbs recently became a Guaranteed Member of the World Fair Trade Organisation. True Origin (also a Guaranteed Member) received a grant from the Scottish Fair Trade Forum through our Investing in Partnerships fund to support Meru Herbs, a Kenyan women-led community social enterprise creating and promoting great tasting, healthy organic herbal teas, tropical fruit jams and delicious sauces, while improving the quality of life of their farmers and members.”
To learn more about Meru Herbs click here; for True Origin click here; for World Fair Trade Organisation (WFTO) click here for Scottish Fair Trade Forum click here.
Prosperity SDG’s 7-11
SDG’s addressed: SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth; SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities.
Ten Principles of Fair Trade + WFTO Logo
From the Scottish Fair Trade Forum Members’ Magazine June 2022:
Meru Herbs Update:
Following on from the SIGBI Meru Women’s Garden Project, with associated promotion of Meru Herbs products available from Just Trading Scotland, (JTS), Meru Herbs have now secured Provisional World Fair Trade Organisation (WFTO) membership!
23 06 2021 Update on Kilombero Rice Farmers of Northern Malawi:
Do you remember the Kilombero rice stall at SIGBI Federation Conference Glasgow 5-7 November 2015? SI Hamilton members sold 90kg fairly traded Kilombero rice. 90kg of rice is the amount of rice that a farmer in the Karonga Region of Northern Malawi would require to sell to send one of his or her children to secondary school for one year.
Webinar Update
On 27 05 2021 a Scottish Fairtrade Forum (SFTF) webinar entitled “Fair Trade verification and small – holder farmers – a case study: Kaporo Smallholder Farmers Association (KASFA), Malawi and the World Fair Trade Organisation (WFTO)”. KASFA has applied for membership of WFTO.
KASFA is part of NASFAM, (National Smallholder Farmers’ Association of Malawi), which is the largest independent, smallholder -owned membership organisation in Malawi.
Great Taste Awards!
Since 2015, both the brown and white rice have won 1* Great Taste Awards from the Guild of Fine Food.
Most Ethical on the UK Market May 2019!
Ethical Consumer Magazine has named Kilombero rice as the most ethical on the UK Market, May 2019.
SFTF and Just Trading Scotland (JTS), importers of the rice, have become members of WFTO.
