Follow us on Twitter

We had such a big welcome to the world of Twitter this week it has sent us over the moon. We'll be tweeting from farms, from Bournville, while we're in Ghana and just generally doing our chocolately Fairtrade thing.

So follow us, tweet back at us, ask us questions, send us ideas and get involved. We're @GoingFairtrade look forward to meeting you.

The Lowdown on Accra

We've just finished reading an awesome post by Karen Grepin over on her Global Health Blog

The blog will be visiting Ghana and Accra soon and we'll be checking in on this post many times.

In it, Karen goes tells us where to find the best high-end eats, local food, ethnic food and other gems like local honey and relaly good coffee.

Our personal favourites though, had to be the Osu night market.

Chocolate coated strawberries

The sun is finally shining. And while tennis fans indulge in strawberries and cream, we're dipping ours in melted Cadbury Dairy Milk chocolate.

We like ours plain, but if you fancy it, you could roll your chocolate coated fruit in coconut or add a cheeky splash of tipple for a more grown up street.

Enjoy.

More vintage ads, this time from telly

There seems to be a decent appetite for vintage ads right now, so we thought it was about time we left the world of print ads behind us and indulged in a little bit of retro telly.

So, for your own personal, viewing pleasure, I present Cadbury Dairy Milk circa 1978.

Fairtrade everywhere

If you want to find our more about fairtrade or get involved you don't have to look very far. Fairtrade is everywhere. Ah, the internet, we love it.

Still feeling the love on Twitter

If you're one of the many people who've given us love on Twitter since we made our big Fairtrade announcement, we'd like to say thanks.

Here are some of our favourites from launch day:

Old School Ads - take two

One of our readers, Frankie Roberto requested some more old school Cadbury ads. He also requested that they be close ups. Well Frankie, feast your eyes, here's a post just for you. Tell us what you think. 

Cadbury's Chocolate Advert 1906 'It's an Ill Wind That Blows Nobody Any Good'

Ghana Shrimp Shrimp with Ghana Sauce

 

We heart Ghanaian food. And can't wait to try this recipe that we found over on Big Oven for  Ghana Shrimp Shrimp with Ghana Sauce. Nom-a-thon.

More Tales from the Dairy Farm

Of all the stuff we learned about dairy cows during our time on the farm, I must admit, my favourite is just how social they are. So we already blogged about cows having up to 70 identified friends. Did you know that once these gorgeous herd animals pick a cubicle in their barn, they tend to keep it for life?

And the cows that sit next to them are all friends and family. So it ends up being friends, mothers, daughters and cousins all hanging out in groups.

More stories from the farm to come, so watch this space.

Fairtrade Bananas in the Dominican Republic

This short film documents two Fairtrade certified banana producer organisations, BANELINO and ASOBANU in the Dominican Republic.

BANELINO  was started by ten banana farmers in 1996 and today there are 340 members in 6 village co-operatives. The film shows the projects they've used their Fairtrade premium to invest in.

ASOBANU (the United Banana Growers Association) is the other organisation featured in the film. It features interviews with a couple of producers, including Jose Peralta, the president of ASOBANU.