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Bowness and Windermere - A Fairtrade Town.

This and subsequent pages have been produced on behalf of the Windermere and Bowness Fairtrade Group as part of the Windermere & Bowness Chamber of Trade's commitment to community information.

The Windermere and Bowness Chamber of Trade are indebted to the Fairtrade Group for supplying the information for this page.

Windermere and Bowness became a Fairtrade Town in January 2005, when the Windermere Town Council passed the appropriate resolution confirming its status.  On the 8th January 2007, the Windermere and Bowness Chamber of Trade agreed to add its support to Fairtrade within the business community.

Fairtrade is a way of trading which enables producers in developing countries to sell their products at a price that helps them to work their way out of poverty.  The Fairtrade system guarantees them a decent wage, safe working practices, environmental improvements and an ability to invest in community projects such as healthcare, school resources or a clean water supply.

Fairtrade products are guaranteed to comply with internationally agreed Fairtrade standards and are regularly monitored.  There are currently around 1,600 different Fairtrade products to choose from:

• tea, coffee, cocoa and chocolate are widely available and probably best know,

• but also look out for jams, marmalades and spreads,

• fruits such as bananas, oranges, mangoes, pineapples and apples,

• dried fruit, nuts and wine,

• rice pasta, muesli, sweets, fruit juices, snack bars, biscuits .... and many more.

Should you be interested in providing Fairtrade goods, then please contact the wholesalers listed below. 

Further information about the Windermere & Bowness Fairtrade Group please contact;

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