October is Fair Trade Month

Brandon’s Fair Trade Committee is launching a month-long dessert journey this October for your enjoyment! After an open call for participation from local restaurants, The Dock on Princess, Chez Angela Bakery and Café and Lady of the Lake are hosting our #fairtradetreatmonth celebration! For one month, these locations will be crafting delicious treats and the fair trade chocolate used for your treat supports safe working conditions and fair wages for producers in the global south.

Why are we celebrating a decade of Brandon being a Fair Trade Town? Our citizens have been purchasing Fair Trade products from grocery stores, retailers and restaurants for 10 years in Brandon. You can continue to pay a fair price to farmers in the global south by buying items with the Fair Trade logo on it, like chocolate, coffee, sugar, bananas, coconut oil, wine and spices.

How can you celebrate Fair Trade Treat Month this October? Follow our dessert journey to find out more. #fairtradetreatmonth #thinkgloballyactlocally @themarquisproject @brandonparksandrec

Here is our list of Fair Trade restaurants and Businesses:

Fair Trade Restaurants
Chez Angela Bakery and Café
Coffee Culture
Forbidden Flavours
Lady of the Lake
The Dock on Princess

Fair Trade Businesses
Bulk Barn
Co-op (Richmond)
Forbidden Flavours
Hedley’s Health Hut
Safeway
Shopper’s Drug Mart (all locations)
Sobey’s (all locations)
Superstore
Ten Thousand Villages
Two Farm Kids
Walmart
7-Eleven (all locations)

Fair Trade Treats in Brandon

Fairtrade is a branding of products that support better pay for producers in the Global South, better access for them into the global market, and more sustainable production that supports the environment and people within it. When you shop, look for Fairtrade coffee, tea, sugar, bananas, chocolate, hot chocolate, spices, clothing and a host of other products. Whether you shop at larger chain outlets or smaller local stores, Fairtrade products are now readily available and at moderate prices. Fairtrade coffee has become a mainstream product and Fairtrade bananas are carried in all Sobey’s stores across Canada!

Fair Trade Gift Basket from Ten Thousand Villages

A Fair Trade Town’s municipal staff support and use fair trade products and lend a staff person to help local citizens meet fair trade availability goals in restaurants, stores, gas stations, and other commercial outlets. Canada has 27 towns and cities that have been designated as Fair Trade Towns, four of which are in Manitoba: Winnipeg, Brandon, Selkirk and Gimli. Cities such as Vancouver, Edmonton, Toronto and Montreal are Fair Trade Towns.

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