Sugar Farmers put Jamaica on the Fairtrade Map
By Eileen Maybin, Head of Media Relations, Fairtrade Foundation
There are not many good news stories in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, which devastated large portions of the Caribbean and North-eastern United States at the end of last month. But one that is exciting for us here at the Foundation is that Worthy Park Cane Farmer Branch Association, a small-scale sugarcane farmers’ organisation, became the first ever Fairtrade certified group in Jamaica this week.
