During this year’s Fairtrade Fortnight 21st Feb – 6th Mar 2022, St Christopher's Church (Round Green), in partnership with Luton Fairtrade Steering Group, GRASSROOTS, Luton Council of Faiths & Near Neighbours Programme, held its Annual Fairtrade Cake Baking Competition.
The cakes were presented with recipe and the packaging as evidence of fairtrade ingredients used. Prizes were given to the top three winners, voted in by the guests.
Vicar Revd Anne Crosby highlighted how Fairtrade helps to address issues of poverty, deprivation, unfairness and inequality across the world.
A participant said when we do shopping we want fair or rather cheaper deals. We never think if it will be a fair deal for the farmers or for the producers too.
Martin Luther King had once said, “Before you finish eating breakfast in the morning, you've depended on more than half the world.”
This ‘inter-dependence’ on one another, is at the very heart of the Fairtrade message.
Fairtrade is not about doing charity to people; it is about doing justice by paying people what they deserve for their labour and for their sustenance.
We all can do our bit by choosing to buy products with Fairtrade logo on it.
This year’s Fairtrade Fortnight Theme “Choose the World You Want – Climate, Fairtrade & You” also highlights how farmers and workers are facing life threatening risks despite having done the least to contribute to climate change.
The Fairtrade Foundation UK and thousands of campaigners are working hard to promote trade and climate justice across the world. For more information please visit https://www.fairtrade.org.uk/choose-the-world-you-want/
Prize Winners at Luton’s Annual Fairtrade Cake Bake Competition 2022