The Debate: 10am to 5pm, 16th September 2010
Venue: The Priory Centre
Monk StreetAbergavennyNP7 5XZ
Wales, UK
Booking: To book your place or enquire about the workshop contact:
Kate MeakinCymru Masnach Deg/Fair Trade WalesTel: 02920 803293 / 07882 680113
Email: kate@fairtradewales.com
Booking Deadline: 31st July 2010
Workshop Costs: There is no fee for the workshop.
About the Organisers:
Abergavenny Food Festival
"For two days in September the little town is home to a food festival so mystically lovely, so unspoiled and evanescent that it's like a farmers' market in Brigadoon". The Guardian
BRASS, Cardiff University
The Centre for Business Relationships, Accountability, Sustainability and Society (BRASS) is a leading research centre that focuses on the relationships between businesses and their key stakeholders.
Cymru Masnach Deg/Fair Trade Wales
Fair Trade Wales is a catalyst to grow the Fair Trade movement in Wales
Wales for Africa, Welsh Assembly Government
Supports Welsh efforts to deliver the United Nations Millennium Development Goals to halve global poverty by 2015.
Twin Trading
Twin is one of the pioneers of the Fair trade movement in the UK and is celebrating its 25th birthday this year.
University of Wales Swansea
Swansea University has an international reputation for academic and research success, including the generation of knowledge on Fair Trade. It was the first Fairtrade University in Wales.
The Debate
Fair Trade has grown hugely over recent years. It is now a mainstream proposition. It faces tough competition and an increasing challenges to demonstrate sustainable impacts.
· The challenges faced by livelihood struggles of smallholder farmers in the south, however, remain significant, e.g. declining productivity, a lack of transparency and control of their over product value chains, financial, organisational and infrastructure capacity constraints.
· The imposing threat of climatic change is widely recognised as an accelerator and multiplier of these challenges.;
· At the same time sales of organic and local products have increased dramatically in the UK.
· Does the consumer need to make a choice between fair trade and food miles; social justice and the environment?
· Are ethical agendas now in competition with one another?
· Are there common challenges that farmers and consumers in the South and North share?
· This debate will examine the current state of the ethical market-place, its achievements and limitations, and map out the next steps in achieving a fair and sustainable food system.
The Big Food Debate will:
· explore the challenges faced by Fair Trade and farmers in the south;
· facilitate an exchange of best practice from the north and south in response to ding to key common challenges;
· explore the concept of sustainable food in an era of climatic change
· discuss the implications of thissustainability and social justice issues for food procurement;
· share practical ways to involve civil society in these debates and discussions.
Why Attend the Big Food Debate?
· Challenging presentations exploring the future of Fair Trade;
· Practical examples of best practice; trade with smallholders; building capacity of smallholders, public procurement practice and how to engage civil society in these key debates;
· Opportunity for exchange of ideas with northern and southern practitioners
Who is the Big Food Debate for?
· Those interested in sustainable food
· Farmers (north and south)
· Public policy makers
· Fair Trade activists
· Donor/grant making bodies
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