{"id":6070,"date":"2021-06-25T13:27:14","date_gmt":"2021-06-25T12:27:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/greengreenwich\/?page_id=6070"},"modified":"2026-03-11T12:48:54","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T12:48:54","slug":"ethical-food-fairtrade-fortnight-highlights","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/greengreenwich\/ethical-food-fairtrade-fortnight-highlights\/","title":{"rendered":"Ethical Food & Fairtrade Fortnight Highlights"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The climate crisis is an immediate and ever-increasing threat and those in climate vulnerable countries\u202fare already seeing its impacts from droughts and crop disease to floods, heatwaves\u202fand shrinking harvests.  <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is Ethical Food & Fairtrade Fortnight?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

For two weeks each year, <\/strong>the University, thousands of individuals, companies and groups across the World share the stories of people who grow our food, drinks and the cotton in our clothes; people who are often exploited and underpaid. We collectively come together in a show of support for the farmers behind our food on the front line of the climate crisis. We aim to support these individuals in making ethical and Fairtrade produce. <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ethical Food & Fairtrade Fortnight Through The Years<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you want to get a sense of what\u2019s occurred in previous years, then look no further than these below activity highlights!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2026<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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From\u00a0Monday 2\u00a0\u00a0to Friday 6 March 202<\/strong>6, we invited students and staff to participate in a series of exciting events and activities that highlighted the importance of Fairtrade and its role in creating a better world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A recap:<\/p>\n\n\n\n