Refreshing the parts
February 21st, 2008
posted by Cptn
Fairtrade fortnight is about to kick off, and Martin Odoch, who plays a key part of the Fairtrade tea programme in Uganda, will be doing the rounds to show what the fair approach to trade means to real people.
Martin is is the field manager for the Mpanga Growers Tea Factory Limited, which buys tea from 748 producers and markets under the Fairtrade mark.
“Martin also has worked with small-scale tea growers to make sure that Fairtrade standards are met. I think we will be very interesting to find out more about this aspect of his work. It is going to be a very exciting fortnight,” Devon Fairtrade Steering Group co-ordinator Sue Errington told the PRSD.
Martin said: “Travelling to Devon to be part of the Fairtrade campaign will enable me to meet the Fairtrade consumers. I am very excited at this prospect. In the cool, tropical slopes of Mountain Rwenzori, the rural smallholder tea growers who own Mpanga factory harvest and process more than just tea. We process the best pickings of our plantations with care, then dispatch them with lots of smiles, for under Fairtrade we do not spend sleepless nights worrying whether the market will appreciate our efforts by offering a fair price.”
You’ll be able to catch Martin enthusing about the infusion throughout Fairtrade fortnight, which runs from Monday February 25 to Sunday March 9.
For more details, check out the county’s Fairtrade site.
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