Comprehension STOP Use your dictionary to find out the meaning of the bold words below.


! Fairtrade: To Buy or Not to Buy?


A developing country is a country in which many people work on the land and live on very little money. Fairtrade is a way of trading that helps these farmers to sell their produce at a fair price, so that they might work their way out of poverty. The Fairtrade system also pays extra money, known as the Fairtrade Premium, to support community projects such as wells for clean water, schools and health clinics. It encourages safe working practices and farming methods that improve the environment.


FOR


ƒ It is worth paying a little more for Fairtrade produce, because you are helping to improve people’s lives.


ƒ Fairtrade helps farmers in developing countries to become self-sufficient.


ƒ Farmers can use the Fairtrade Premium to improve the efficiency of their business and the quality of their produce.


ƒ The Fairtrade Premium also supports community projects.


ƒ Buying local produce in developed countries is not always environmentally friendly. Growing out-of-season fruit and vegetables in heated greenhouses and polytunnels uses fuel that creates carbon emissions, contributing to climate change.


chocolate AGAINST


ƒ Fairtrade products are more expensive and shoppers on a tight budget cannot afford to pay extra.


ƒ Farmers can come to depend on the Fairtrade Premium, but what they really need is investment to make their production methods modern and competitive.


ƒ Fairtrade only helps a small number of the producers who get the Fairtrade Premium. It can encourage farmers to go on growing the same crop even if prices should fall, when they would be better off switching to other crops that would sell better.


ƒ Fairtrade produce often has to be transported by air to keep it fresh. This adds to ‘food miles’, i.e. the amount of carbon produced when food is transported, so it makes more sense to buy locally produced food.


Common Fairtrade products bananas


tea coffee cotton To find out if a product is Fairtrade, just look for the sticker or symbol. 20


cotton wool


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