Next year, Pulborough celebrates 20 years as a Fairtrade village.

Over the previous two decades our community including local traders, churches, schools, and cafes have supported small-scale farmers and workers around the world to build a fairer trade system - one where they can earn a decent income, work in safe conditions, and invest in their futures as they see fit.

Fairtrade is more than a label on your coffee or bananas - it’s a way to make trade work better for the people behind our favourite products.

Here’s how:

• Fairer prices: A Minimum Price, a safety net that protects farmers and workers when market prices fall, but still allows them to earn more when prices rise.
• Fairtrade Premium: Farmers and workers receive the Premium - extra money which they decide how to invest, whether it’s for schools, healthcare, or farming improvements.
• Fairer working rights: Fairtrade Standardsinclude rights at work, safe conditions, and democratic structures in producer cooperatives, ensuring farmers and workers have a stronger voice. 
• Building sustainable futures: Support for smallholder farms to adopt climate-smart practices, improve crop quality, and invest in their long-term resilience.
• Ethical business partnerships: Working with brands, retailers, and governments, advising on ethical sourcing, certification, trade policy, and supply chain integrity.
• Campaigning for trade justice: Through grassroot campaigner groups and lobbying, building public support and push for fairer trade policies and practices.

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Coming Up – Fairtrade Fortnight 21st September – 4^th October 2026

Pulborough Parish Councillor Andrada Labachange and Horsham District Councillor Jon Campbell are making final plans for a range of activities to support this year’s theme – Do It Fair.

Details of these and how you can get involved will be posted on social media and shared here on Pulborough Post.

• Will we see the return of the legendary Banana Man? Previously sighted at our village Harvest Fairs
• Will Andrada put her incredible baking skills to good use and create some Fairtrade cakes?
• How can you get involved and ‘Do It Fair’ in support of Fairtrade?

Watch this space!