Primary 5 have been learning all about Fair Trade. This week we learned that Fair Trade is a foundation that works to give farmers in poor communities better lives. Fair Trade sells products at a price that ensures every farmer gets paid a fair amount of money. In groups we discussed how the money is split between the farmer, supermarket, shipper and plantation owner. We were shocked to find out that a banana farmer only receives 2p for every 30p banana sold. Hopefully we will learn about different ways that we can help Fair Trade farmers around the world.

By Harvey, Ewan, Brooke and Maariyah.