Innovative Co-Op Scheme Connects Shoppers With Fairtrade Communities Around the World



The Co-operative Food has launched an innovative online platform that will enable its members and shoppers to interact directly with Fairtrade producers across the world. A first of its kind interactive website, www.growingstories.coop, will bring UK consumers in contact with Fairtrade farmers and workers to hear first-hand of Fairtrade's impact on them and their communities.

Seventeen producer organisations from nine different countries will be taking part in the online conversation – the first time that so many Fairtrade communities will be brought together!

Coffee producer BasilioChales, from Todosanterita coffee co-operative in Guatemala said:

“We are delighted to be part of this new Fairtrade community project. This is a great opportunity to talk to the people who enjoy and appreciate our product, and to tell Co-op customers about the impact Fairtrade has had on our community.”

The Co-op is encouraging social media users to share messages and photos through their own Facebook and Twitter networks and to help build the online community with their friends and families. Visitors to the website can create their own messages from fun 'product' fonts to share with friends and post to the Co-op sharewall with photos. For every “share” posted to the website, Co-op will add £1 to a fund to invest in future community projects with producers.

Brad Hill, the Co-op's Fairtrade Strategic Development Manager said:

“This new community campaign is the latest innovation in our on-going support for Fairtrade. Having got to know so many producers over our 20 year partnership with Fairtrade, and as a business firmly rooted in communities across the UK, we are bringing the two together.

“Our members and customers have returned over £30M in Fairtrade premiums and now they can hear directly just what that means at an individual and community level. What better way to find out about Fairtrade impact than from the producers themselves?”

Ultimately, the aim of the campaign is to build a community that allows for meaningful engagement between consumers and producers.

Michael Gidney, Chief Executive of Fairtrade Foundation said:

“Trade started as a simple exchange between people, but increasingly complex global supply chains often mean that people feel a long way from the reality of life for those who grow what they buy, and farmers never meet those who buy what they produce.

“Globally, we're seeing a growing interest among consumers in the ethics of supply chains, and desire to reconnect. This initiative makes trade personal again, and we hope it will generate many fruitful exchanges between people across the world.”


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