Fair trade is an organisation designed to help farmers get a fair price for their products. Our blog today is about cotton farmers. and how they make their products.

Many cotton farmers are living a life in poverty. The rising cost of production, higher market price and decreasing yields are the challenges faced daily by the farmers. A fall in cotton prices has serious implications for the farmers ability to meet their needs. In India lots of farmers are seriously in debt. This is caused by the high interest loans. Fair Trade help and rebuild small scale farmers industries, finances, and life. In 2012 there were 33 farmer’s organisations in 8 countries. Thanks to Fair Trade thousands of cotton farmers have improved their lives. Fair Trade works with more than 6600 cotton farmers in the poorest parts of the world. Very few people make much profit from it. Fair Trade aim to help millions of farmers worldwide. 6600 isn’t good enough. Buy Fair Trade to help millions and millions of farmers make enough profit to live. You might not think that you will make a difference, but you will. If all of the people who think that they won’t make a difference all bought Fair Trade then it would add up and make a humongous difference.

Thank you for reading our blog!

By Euan Breen and Daniel Kennedy