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Fighting The Banana Wars And Other Fairtrade BattlesStock informationGeneral Fields
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DescriptionIt started very small and full of hope, but its daring campaigns have placed Fairtrade goods at the heart of the supermarket shelves. From bananas and coffee beans to cotton and chocolate, Fairtrade has grown to become an important global movement that has revolutionised the way we shop. Promotion infoA gripping account of the campaigns and successes of the Fairtrade movement by the Director of Fairtrade in Britain, now available in cheaper paperback Reviews"A useful, accessible book...Readers who are new to Fairtrade will have their eyes opened to a shocking - yet exhilarating - story for our time, while seasoned campaigners will also find food for thought" Church Times "A stirring story of a burgeoning "global family", tenaciously pushing big businesses to trade more fairly" New Statesman "Lamb's farmers come across as real people rather than descendants of Senorita Chiquita...Her corporate savvy impresses" Telegraph Author descriptionHarriet Lamb is Chief Executive of Fairtrade International, the umbrella body for Fairtrade across the world. From 2001-12 she was Chief Executive Officer of the Fairtrade Foundation in the UK and before this was Banana Co-ordinator for Fairtrade globally. Harriet has lived and travelled widely in the developing world, including working with farmers and landless labour co-operatives in India. Her awards include a CBE for her contribution to Fairtrade and in 2013 she became the first female Honorary Fellow of Trinity Hall, Cambridge University. |