WEIR WELCOMES LAUNCH OF FAIRTRADE FORTNIGHT

Angus MP, Mike Weir, has welcomed the start of the Fairtrade Fortnight 2007 (26^th February – 11^th March).  The FAIRTRADE mark is the only consumer label that focuses on ensuring farmers and producers in developing countries receive an agreed and stable price for the crops they grow and goods produced, as well as additional income to invest for the future.

Mr Weir who has long supported the Fairtrade Foundation said:

“Change Today, Choose Fairtrade, is an urgent call to people in Angus to engage with the Fairtrade Foundation’s vision of an even bigger movement for positive change in unfair trade, including making the switch too buying Fairtrade. 

“I have been a strong supporter of Fairtrade form any years and I am delighted that Fairtrade sales have increased by around 40% every year, giving hundreds of thousands of producers in developing in developing countries the chance to build a better future and to complete in cut-throat global markets. 

“I am very much looking forward to my visit to the Oxfam shop in Arbroath later this week to discuss current Fairtrade issues and strategies, and to discover how Angus can do more to help the wider world.

“We all now have the chance to play an even bigger part in helping bring about much more significant change.”