abstract:Fairtrade Fortnight is an annual promotional campaign which happens once every year, organized and funded by the Fairtrade Foundation to increase awareness of Fairtrade products. It makes use of volunteers who support the goals of Fairtrade but who may also be committed to the more general concepts of fair trade, ethical trading or concerned by development issues.
Scottish Labour MSP James Kelly, who is also a co-convener of the cross party group on fairtrade, said the debate was an excellent way to start the fairtradefortnight.