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		<title>Why buy Fair Trade products from us?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I`m asked this a lot&#8230;.. &#8220;Why should I buy from THE FAIR TRADE STORE?&#8221; Good question! Afterall, there are plenty of other online retailers out there who sell Fair Trade products or ethical gifts. Or maybe you`re a fan of Primark, ASOS or John Lewis? Well I`m biased, but here are 10 reasons why I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thefairtradestore.co.uk/blog/2013/04/22/why-buy-fair-trade-products-from-us/</link>
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		<title>What is The Fair Trade Way?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Feeling adventurous? Then taking a series of walks along The Fair Trade Way might well appeal. The 6-day walk links Fairtrade Towns between Garstang (the world’s first-ever Fairtrade Town) and Keswick. This long-distance heritage trail helps link three related local themes &#8211; those of Fair Trade, the British Atlantic slave trade and Quakers (Religious Society [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thefairtradestore.co.uk/blog/2013/03/30/what-is-the-fair-trade-way/</link>
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		<title>Why shop for Fairtrade gifts this Easter?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It`s a popular question I get asked. Why shop for Fairtrade gifts this Easter, or indeed at any time of the year? Well, the products are :- 1/ Handmade by skilled artisans and therefore of top quality. 2/ Coming from the developing world they are really unique and not found in UK High Streets or [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thefairtradestore.co.uk/blog/2013/03/20/why-shop-for-fairtrade-gifts-this-easter/</link>
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		<title>Meet Divine Fairtrade Producers &#8211; Kuapa Kokoo from Ghana</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Kuapa Kookoo simply means &#8220;Good Cocoa Farming&#8221;. When internal marketing of cocoa was liberalised in Ghana, a pioneering group of farmers led by Nana Frimpong Abrebrese established Kuapa Kokoo as a farmer’s cooperative in 1993 with assistance from Twin Limited UK. Dedicated to producing high quality cocoa and running a democratic organisation with the farmer`s [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thefairtradestore.co.uk/blog/2013/02/14/meet-divine-fairtrade-producers-kuapa-kokoo-from-ghana/</link>
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		<title>10 Facts About Fairtrade Fortnight 2013</title>
		<description><![CDATA[1/ This year, Fairtrade Fortnight is from Monday 25th February to Sunday 10th March, 2013. 2/ In 2012 we were asked to &#8220;take a step for Fairtrade&#8221; and just over 1 million steps have now been registered! But there’s still so much more to do. In 2013, the Fairtrade Foundation want to take Fairtrade further [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thefairtradestore.co.uk/blog/2013/01/14/10-facts-about-fairtrade-fortnight-2013/</link>
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		<title>Why this wooden earring stand should be one of your Fair Trade Christmas gifts &#8220;for her&#8221;.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[What gift do you give &#8220;the woman who has everything&#8221; at Christmas? The answer is this wooden earring stand. Not only is it an ethical choice, being Fair Trade, but it`s practical too and can hold up to 20 pairs of earrings for safe keeping on two tiers, with a dished base for studs and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thefairtradestore.co.uk/blog/2012/11/07/why-this-wooden-earring-stand-should-be-one-of-your-fair-trade-christmas-gifts-for-her/</link>
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		<title>Southport Oxfam Group celebrates its first year of fundraising!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Southport Oxfam is now a year old. As a founding member, I`m delighted to say that the group is going from strength to strength, with exciting fundraising plans for the year ahead. WHAT IS OXFAM? Oxfam is a global movement of people who share the belief that, in a world rich in resources, poverty isn&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thefairtradestore.co.uk/blog/2012/10/10/southport-oxfam-group-celebrates-its-first-year-of-fundraising/</link>
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		<title>Focus on Fair Trade Producers &#8211; Karm Marg, India.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[One of our favourite Fair Trade producers is Karm Marg, an Indian non-governmental organisation committed to the cause of supporting disadvantaged children and young adults from their local area. &#8220;Karm Marg&#8221; literally means the &#8220;path of action&#8221; and begun with a handful of children living on the New Delhi railway station in 1997. With the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thefairtradestore.co.uk/blog/2012/08/29/focus-on-fair-trade-producers-karm-marg-india/</link>
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		<title>Walk Against Crime &#8211; from Southport to Hornsea now completed</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Walk Against Crime, the initiative designed to raise money to bring a group of young dancers over to the UK from Mathare Slum, Nairobi, Kenya has just completed the first stage of its fundraising activities. A sponsored walk, from Southport to Hornsea, via York, was successfully accomplished on Monday 6th August &#8211; all 230 miles [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thefairtradestore.co.uk/blog/2012/08/16/walk-against-crime-from-southport-to-hornsea-now-completed/</link>
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		<title>What are our &#8220;Top 3&#8243; selling Fair Trade products?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A question we are often asked! &#8220;What are our top-selling Fair Trade products&#8221; &#8211; by our customers, sometimes by our suppliers and even occasionally by our competitors? The answer, of course, is ever-changing, depending on the time of year, promotions we might be running or trends in the marketplace. Taking a &#8220;snap shot&#8221; in time, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thefairtradestore.co.uk/blog/2012/06/26/what-are-our-top-3-selling-fair-trade-products/</link>
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