Friday, 26 April 2013

Acting to make food fair!

This week the Fair Trade Group have organised a big school-wide petition. We gave a mini marcher to each tutor group along with a petition form for signatures. Our petition form said

"Despite producing 70% of the world's food, over half of the world's hungriest people are smallholder farmers. I am calling on David Cameron to go further and champion a better deal for the world's smallholder farmers at this year's G8 meeting. I support the campaign for a sustainable food system, which works for everyone and ensures that farmers get a decent livelihood from the crops they grow."

All the signatures were collected and counted. We sent a total of 249 signatures off to the Fair Trade Foundation!

Karen Craigie and Clara Morriss, S6

Mini marchers out on display at today's tuckshop

Signing the petition