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Celebrating the 10th Birthday of the Fair Trade Mark

What were you doing 10 years ago? Were you sitting on the edge of your seat as Brazil scooped the World Cup again? Or were you helping to make history in a quiet way?

In March 1994 thanks to members of development agencies such as Christian Aid, Cafod and Oxfam which set up the Fairtrade Foundation Sainsbury's got more letters on Fairtrade than on any other issue. Convinced they put the first product with the FAIRTRADE Mark in store - Green and Black's Maya Gold chocolate. Today there are more than 200 retail products which carry the FAIRTRADE Mark.

Each one of us can make a real difference. By choosing fair trade we know that our purchase is helping to provide a decent living for the people who grow or make the products.

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