Fair Trade for 'Cauliflower', an Endangered Specy in the UK?

by leconcierge | January 30, 2008 at 02:15 pm
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We often think of Fair Trade as a label that applies only to developing countries.
I guess we could be wrong.  
Emily Dugan (The Independent) writes that Low prices force farmers to give up on cauliflowers.
If her facts are accurate farmers in the UK get paid only half the price that it costs them to grow these vegetables.

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