Here are a few more pictures from the Fairtrade event on the Market Place …

Mike Moon, the secretary of the Abingdon Chamber of Commerce, was the man who organised the day, along with the Chair Paul Townsend.

Dame Alison Rooke and Dame Lesley Legge were helping to promote Fairtrade products, with free samples. Skinny Hippo also had some things on display alongside.

I was there with a stall called Go bananas for Fairtrade. With a little help from friends I gave away 5 crates of nanas – thanks to Waitrose who did the Fairtrade group a deal.

There is evidence that bananas make you happy, so we could have made a lot of people happy.

It took a few goes but Duncan Brown eventuallly adapted to the flight characteristics of   Fairtrade bananas.

Waitrose were there providing free samples of Fairtrade products, and information about the Waitrose Foundation – a partnership created in 2005 to help improve the lives of the farm workers and smallholders who grow their produce in Africa.

The Co-op were also there and a friendly rivalry developed between the two. Co-op were raffling a hamper for Mencap and giving away Fairtrade chocolate.

African Children’s Fund were there ….

Pizza Express, who do some Fairtrade products, were giving out samples.

Traidcraft have been doing Fairtrade, and promoting Trade Justice, in Abingdon far longer than anybody else, apart from maybe Oxfam.

There was also Face Painting near the Added Ingredients and Choose Abingdon stalls.