Cadbury has pledged to double the amount of cocoa bought from small farmers in developing countries, primarily Ghana, under the sustainable farming scheme, which means they have committed to pay the farmers the “Fairtrade premium” of £105 a tonne above market prices.

As part of their bigger plan to turn all their chocolate brands over to fairtrade they have committed to buying 10,000 tonnes of Fairtrade cocoa, trippling the certified sales from Ghana, and helping thousands of small cocoa farmers.

So keep an eye out for the new fairtrade Dairy Milk bars at a store near you.

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The ‘Make a difference’ John Lewis range includes a large variety of products that are all geared towards making sure that the impact on the environment is as small as possible, and supporting ethical trade.

Check out the wide range of ethical products from John Lewis ‘make a difference’ here.

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The theme for this years Fairtrade Fortnight is; Make it happen. Choose Fairtrade.

The focus on fair trade is more important than ever as the world is struggling through tougher economic climate and many producers will seek to cut cost were possible. It is therefore important that we as customers keep supporting fairtrade to ensure that farmers and producers around the world gets fair price for their produce/work, and a chance to develop themselves and their communities to improve their overall living quality, like we here in the UK are used to.

Fairtrade Fortnight creates a great opportunity for retailers and companies to further tell their customers about their work for fairtrade, and the fairtrade options amongst their product portfolio. There are currently over 4,500 products in the UK market bearing the Fairtrade mark. Some of the new products expected to start bearing the Fairtrade mark in 2009 are olive oil and cosmetics.

We encourage all our readers to support Fairtrade and Fairtrade Fortnight this coming month.

You can read more about Fairtrade Fortnight at fairtrade.org.uk

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The ethical fashion industry has become quite popular in recent years, where you now can get the same quality and style that you are used to, with the added bonus of fair and ethical conditions for the producers and suppliers of material used to create the items.

According to Adili.com, they are focused on making sure that the brands and groups they work with are genuinely committed to ethical credentials. Working with some of the leading ethical fashion providers/brands, as well as producing their own range, you can buy with the knowledge that you will not only get high quality fashion, but with the added knowledge that everyone involved in the production process have been treated fairly, including the environment.

Check out the Adili.com January ethical fashion sale here - lots of great ethical, fairtrade, and organic clothing and accessories for women, men, and children.

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It is not long ago since the coffee chain originating out of Seattle announced that qurterly profits were down 90% and that they were closing around 700 stores in the US and Australia after years of impressive growth and expansion. In the UK, Starbucks opened over 100 new stores in the last year, but expect to see a slowdown here as well.

Starbucks have long prided themselves in their work to make conditions better for their farmers and to give them more fair trading conditions, although they have also received a lot of bad press from fairtrade organizations for not doing more, something that comes with the teritory when you are the number 1 in the market.

It is expected that the announcement from Starbucks to make all their espresso based coffee drinks 100% fairtrade will have a good impact on over 100,000 coffee farmers throughout Africa, Asia and Latin America, guaranteeing them a fair price for their coffee beans and help develop their communities.

We congratulate Starbucks on making this move, and look forward to sipping our fairtrade coffee in one of their many stores around the UK.

You can read more about fairtrade tea & coffee here.

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Starbucks have already been one of the leading international coffee retailers when it comes to dealing with fairtrade coffee, and also running their own coffee farmer initiatives that aims to improve the standard of living for their coffee farmer partners and communities. Their social responsibility policies have won awards and the company is focused on ensuring that all levels of their product chain deals ethically and responsibly.

Starbucks will work with TransFair USA and Fairtrade Labelling Organizations International to help improve agricultural and environmental practices.

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The popular comic is working in collaboration with fairtrade nut company Liberation on the new range of peanuts that will carry his branding. Harry Hill is not set to make any money of this endevour into the celebrity endorsed fairtrade food market himself as he wants the focus to be on helping the smallholder farmers in Latin America and Africa, which is a noble endevour.

Liberation which was launched at the end of last year made £1.6 million in its first operating year and set to double this year. The company runs purely to benefit the developing country farmers and their families with their entire product portfolio being focused on Fairtrade.

You can buy Liberation nut products from The Ethical Superstore here >>

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Beewyched is known as the UK’s leading fair-trade beer and available in most well known supermarkets, such as Morrisons, Asda, Sainsbury, and Waitrose, as well as many leading independent retailers across the UK.

Beewyched was first brewed in 2007 based on a Chilean Fairtrade Honey recipe, Malawian fairtrade sugar, and English pale ale malts and challenger hops. Its tapping into an increasing market of UK consumers interested in speciality beers and a different taste.

For those of you who were not aware of this, Honey beers are a descendent of the ancient Viking drink called ‘mead’ which consisted of fermented honey and water.

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Freedom Food is the RSPCA’s farm assurance and food labeling scheme that indicates that the animal has been treated fairly. The scheme is dedicated to ensuring the welfare of farmed animals that are raised for food, which is overe 1 billion animals a year. The survey also indicated that people recognize the meaning behind the Freedom Food brand.

Despite it being tough economical times for the UK population, the survey revealed that 52 percent of the respondents were willing to pay up to 20 percent more for products that have the Freedom Food logo providing the animals with better welfare.

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If you are going to look stylish this summer you might as well do it knowing that you are helping producers in developing countries as well as the environment.

Here is a few samples of dresses that are now on 20% discount: