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joannaaztecarts
Feb 5, 20233 min read
Why Ghana? Why Cocoa? Why Fair Trade?
In the summer of 2020 I was privileged to have weekly Zoom meetings with cocoa farmers in Cote d’Ivoire as part of the campaign to Keep...
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joannaaztecarts
Feb 1, 20232 min read
Fairbruary starts now - Let's Connect
After Veganuary comes Fairbruary - when we choose products that are kind to both people and planet. Fair trade campaigners and supporters...
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joannaaztecarts
Jan 10, 20231 min read
It's Veganuary but what comes next? Fairbruary of course!
Veganuary is a really successful and important time of year where we think about the impact on the planet of what we choose to buy and...
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joannaaztecarts
Nov 24, 20223 min read
Ghana and the past, present and future of chocolate
70% of all the world's cocoa is grown in just two countries in West Africa - Ghana and Cote d'Ivoire. In summer 2020 I had been speaking...
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joannaaztecarts
Nov 15, 20225 min read
New Koforidua - the fair trade town that cocoa built (with a little help from Nana Bruce)
Bruce Crowther MBE invented the concept of fair trade towns and was instrumental in Garstang, a small Lancashire market town between...
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