Fair Trade Fortnight will be celebrated at the University of Adelaide with a Mad Hatter's Fair Trade Tea Party on Wednesday 20 May.
Fair Trade Fortnight, running from the 5th until the 20th May, promotes the fair trade movement and informs people of the simple ways they can incorporate it into their homes and work places.
In a move towards tackling poverty and empowering producers in developing countries, Adelaide City Council will today be announced the first Fair Trade Capital City Council in Australia.
Adelaide-based gourmet coffee company, Baristador Coffee, is using Fair Trade Fortnight, May 1-16, to pay for people to convert friends to Fairtrade espresso coffee.