Fair Trade Label Project

Our oral presentations have started off with a bang today.  Three were presented, and others will follow in the coming days.  We spent a few days in class researching, and outlining our presentation, and will spend more time in class tomorrow on the writing and editing process.  Some of the early finishers will be ready to present tomorrow and Friday, but most need to be done, and ready to present by Monday.  Ask your child where they are, and get them to read out what they have to you at home.  If work is being done at home, please ensure that it travels back to school each day.
We have been looking at Canada's interactions in the Global community, and the Fair Trade process in particular.  As part of this, students have been given a 'take home' project.  We will continue to look at fair trade labels in class this week.  We are looking at success criteria for the project in class tomorrow, but I wanted them thinking about it right away, so an outline was given to each student today. Their project is outlined below....

Fair Trade Label Project 

Your task is to develop a label for a fair trade product. 

Be sure to include on the label all of the important product information, in addition to facts and explanations about fair trade, and why your company has chosen to produce fair trade products. 

What is the country of origin for your product?

Create a logo for your company or product name that reflects the product and your stance on fair trade (think about the symbols in the fair trade logo).

Include a fair trade logo on the packaging for your product.

Be sure to provide contact information for your company (website address, etc.)

Ingredients, nutritional information, UPC bar codes, etc, might be included.

                                   

Here is an example of some information included on a fair trade chocolate product:

• Guaranteeing fair prices to producers;
• Paying premiums to improve social conditions in producer communities;
• Paying producers in advance to assist in long-term planning and pre-harvest financing;
• Supporting democratic participation in farmer-owned co-operatives;
• Ensuring that there is no forced labour;
• Supporting sustainable farming practices.

Cocoa Camino is a line of premium Fair Trade Certified and certified organic chocolate, cocoa and sugar products produced by La Siembra Co-operative. La Siembra’s mission is to offer high-quality Fair Trade Certified organic products that improve the livelihoods of family farmers and the well-being of communities at home and abroad.

At La Siembra Co-operative, we are committed to the highest ethical and environmental standards in bringing you some of the finest Fair Trade Certified and organic products on the market. We are the pioneers of Fair Trade Certified cocoa and sugar products in North America and buy our organic ingredients from producers according to audited Fair Trade principles, at a fair price that supports the livelihoods of our producer partners.

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