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Upcoming Events

  • Saturday Aug 2nd to Monday Aug. 4th. Fair Trade at Kempenfest, Centennial Park. Fair Trade coffee will be served at the MacLaren Oasis, near the Mini Put, from 10 am till noon.
  • Saturday Aug 2nd to Monday Aug. 4th. Fair Trade at Kempenfest, Centennial Park. Fair Trade coffee will be sold at the Kiwanis Booth throughout Kempenfest. Kicking Horse is donating the coffee and Fair Trade brochures will be provided.
  • Sept. 19th to 21st. Georgian College Auto Show. The Barrie Fair Trade Working Group has been invited to participate in this year's auto show that has a green theme. Annual attendance about 20,000 visitors. Van Houtte is sponsoring the event with Fair Trade coffee.

If you would like to participate, please contact us

Bob Jowett: 705-792-4430, email: cr_jowett@ rogers.com
Bruce Morton: 705-722-0141, email: bmorton@icpcanada.com

What's New

  • The A&P Bayfield Street store now sells Fair Trade flowers. Not all of their flowers are Fair Trade but this is an excellent start.
  • Costco has expanded their selection of Fair Trade Coffee to include Van Houtte as well as Starbucks and Timothy's.
  • Sandra Junkin, teacher at St. Joan of Arc Secondary School received the official designation as "Awesome Teacher" at a recent school assembly for her work in promoting Fair Trade.
  • The City Of Barrie passed a motion to revise their purchasing policy to encourage the use Fair Trade products wherever possible. It will also encourage local Faith Groups, Schools and other organizations to use Fair Trade products.
  • Shoppers Drug Marts now provide a variety of Fair Trade coffee, tea and chocolate.
  • The Downtowner restaurant (previously Webbers) now displays Fair Trade Organic Coffee on it's menu as one of the available beverages.
  • Petro Canada has now introduced Fair Trade into a number of their stations. The coffee cups and displays are branded Java Stop and include both the Fair Trade logo and the Petro Canada website.

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