Fairtrade Christmas

Ammanford Fairtrade campaigners have been busy promoting Fairtrade in the Festive season. Members of the Ammanford Fairtrade Town Group were at the switching on of the Christmas lights, working in partnership with Fairtrade Community Cafe iSmooth, distributing free Fairtrade chocolates and Fairtrade bananas to children in Quay Street at the Elves Reunion event.

DIVINE Fairtrade Chocolate advent calendars were also given to each of the town's primary schools, in recognition of and with thanks for their work in support of Fairtrade throughout the year.

The Group is also publicising through their website the opportunities to shop locally for a Fairtrade Christmas. Visitors to http://www.ammanfordfairtrade.blogspot.co.uk/ can access a Fairtrade Directory showing local outlets selling Fairtrade. Group member Phil Broadhurst said : "You can get a great range of Fairtrade Christmas presents in Ammanford;  You can buy Fair Trade toys and musical instruments in Bartram's,  Fair Trade gifts and ornaments in Harmony, and Fair Trade clothing in Catherine Blair. You can get Fairtrade fruit, nuts and chocolate snacks and gifts from the Co-Op, where you can also celebrate with Fairtrade wine. If you're vegetarian, you can even get Fairtrade nut cutlets for Christmas Day from Jelf's."

The Directory also lists cafes you can stop in for a Fairtrade hot drink as you take a rest from Christmas shopping.

Phil adds : "Christmas is a time of sharing and giving and buying Fairly traded products is a great way of doing that

Nadolig Masnach Deg

Mae Ymgyrchwyr Masnach Deg Rhydaman wedi bod yn brysur yn hyrwyddo Masnach Deg yn y tymor y Nadolig . Roedd Aelodau o  Grŵp Tref Masnach Deg Rhydaman yn noson goleuo Coeden Nadolig y dref  ,mewn partneriaeth a Caffi Cymunedol Masnach Deg iSmooth , yn  dosbarthu siocledi Masnach Deg am ddim a bananas Masnach Deg i blant yn Stryd y Cei yn y digwyddiad “Aduniad y Coblynnod “.

Hefyd rhoddwyd Calendrau Adfent Siocled Masnach Deg Divine i bob un o ysgolion cynradd y dref , i gydnabod a gyda diolch am eu gwaith i gefnogi Masnach Deg drwy gydol y flwyddyn .

Mae'r Grŵp hefyd yn rhoi cyhoeddusrwydd trwy eu gwefan am y cyfleoedd i siopa'n lleol am Nadolig Masnach Deg . Gall ymwelwyr fynd i  http://www.ammanfordfairtrade.blogspot.co.uk

I weld Cyfeirlyfr Masnach Deg sy’n dangos siopau lleol sy'n gwerthu nwyddau Masnach Deg.

Dywedodd aelod o'r Grŵp Phil Broadhurst : "Gallwch gael amrywiaeth mawr o nwyddau  Nadolig Masnach Deg sydd ar gael yn Rhydaman , Gallwch brynu teganau Masnach Deg ac offerynnau cerddorol , anrhegion Masnach Deg Bartram ac addurniadau yn Harmony , a dillad Masnach Deg yng Catherine Blair, gallwch gael ffrwythau Masnach Deg , cnau a byrbrydau siocled ac anrhegion oddi wrth y Co - Op , lle y gallwch hefyd ddathlu gyda gwin Masnach Deg. Os ydych yn llysieuwr , gallwch hyd yn oed gael cytled cnau Masnach Deg ar gyfer Diwrnod Nadolig o Jelfs . "

Mae'r Cyfeirlyfr hefyd yn rhestru caffis gallwch alw i mewn am ddiod boeth Masnach Deg wrth i chi gymryd hoe o'r siopa Nadolig .

Ychwanega Phil : "Mae'r Nadolig yn gyfnod o rannu a rhoi a mae  prynu cynnyrch Masnach Deg yn ffordd wych o wneud hynny”.

 

Carmarthen Journal Article on 30 October

FAIR Trade supporters in Ammanford put their best walking boots to good use last week, just weeks after winning the Most Creative Campaign.

The Carmarthenshire Fair Trade Group was given the award, which recognises the work of local Fair Trade supporters in establishing and walking the 26-mile Carmarthenshire Fair Trade Way, by the Fair Trade Foundation.

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The inaugural walk was first launched in June, and last week walkers brave high winds and torrential rain to complete the trek from Ammanford to Swansea.

Local schoolchildren also showed their support for Fair Trade by walking through the rain to give the walkers are a warm send off. 

Pupils from Ysgol Gymraeg Rhydaman and Ysgol Bro Banw made Fairtrade banana smoothies for the walkers on a special bicycle powered smoothie maker at the start of the walk in iSmooth Community Cafe in Ammanford.

While children and staff from Ysgol Parcyrhun braved the pouring rain to come out and cheer on the walkers as they passed by their school.

Before making their way through Carmarthen and on to Swansea.

Phil Broadhurst of the Ammanford Fair Trade group and organiser of the walk said the second Fair Trade Way event was a big success.

"The Carmarthenshire walk was a fantastic day of inspiring campaigning, spreading the Fairtrade message as we walked."

The new route from Ammanford to Swansea is part of a growing network of Fair Trade Way walks around the UK which links Fair Trade towns and cities. The initiative, which is aimed at highlighting the work of Fair Trade, is supported by the Co-operative and also by the Welsh Government through Fair Trade Wales.

Read more: http://www.thisissouthwales.co.uk/Winners-walk-way-campaign/story-20005761-detail/story.html#ixzz2jHayl9ju
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fairtrade status

Congratulations to Carmarthenshire County Council. The authority has been awarded Fairtrade status three years in a row.

statws masnach deg

Mae Sir Gaerfyrddin wedi ennill statws Masnach Deg dair blynedd yn olynol.

INAUGURAL WALK OF THE AMMANFORD-SWANSEA FAIR TRADE WAY. WEDNESDAY 16th OCTOBER 2013.

Following the success of the walk along the Carmarthenshire Fair Trade Way from Ammanford to Carmarthen, we are now walking the stretch from Ammanford to Swansea.
The walk uses stretches of St Illtyd’s Walk, The Gower Way, National Cycle Way 4 and The Coastal Path. Contact Phil at riversidepicnic@yahoo.co.uk if you’re interested in joining us.
Wednesday 16th October is World Food Day 2013, the theme of which this year is “Sustainable Food Systems for Food Security and Nutrition”.
More details at http://www.fao.org/getinvolved/worldfoodday/‎

Our walk will link in with this theme, locally and internationally, from making Fairtrade Banana smoothies on a bicycle powered smoothie machine in a local community cafe, to hopefully linking up through skype with Fairtrade producers around the world.

Plans for day :
9am – Gather at iSmooth community cafe, College Street, Ammanford.
Fairtrade banana smoothie making with iSmooth’s bicycle powered smoothie maker.
Walkers leave 9.30am. Supporters continue making smoothies!
1pm ish – Lunch stop at Pontarddulais Co-Op.
4.30ish – Afternoon Tea at Bikeability http://www.bikeabilitywales.org.uk
7ish – Arrive at Environment Centre, where members of Swansea Fairtrade Forum will be hosting a shared meal event from 5pm, and will provide refreshments for walkers. LUSH Fairtrade Foot Cream will also be available for foot massages!

The first part of the walk from Ammanford to Pontarddulais includes a long climb. (Although, if it is a particularly misty morning, we will stick to a lower valley route). From Pontarddulais to Swansea is flat; mainly on cycle ways.
If you don’t want to do the full walk, easy places to join in/drop out, in terms of being easily accessible by regular buses are Pontarddulais and The Junction at Blackpill (where the cycle path comes out to the coast).
We are trying to arrange skype links with one or more Fairtrade producers along the way… More details on that, and other exciting developments soon!

TAITH GYNTAF FFORDD MASNACH DEG RHYDAMAN – ABERTAWE – DYDD MERCHER - 16 HYDREF 2013

Yn dilyn llwyddiant y daith gerdded ar hyd Ffordd Masnach Deg Rhydaman i Gaerfyrddin rydym nawr yn cerdded y daith o Rhydaman i Abertawe. Mae’r daith yn defnyddio rhannau o Llwybr Sant Illtyd, Llwybr Gwyr, Llwybr 4 o’r Rhwydwaith Beicio Cenedlaethol a’r Llwybr Arfordirol Cenedlaethol.  Cysylltwch a Phil ar riversidepicnic@yahoo.co.uk  Os oes gennych ddiddordeb mewn ymuno a’r daith.

 

Mae Dydd Mercher 16 Hydref yn Ddiwrnod Bwyd Y Byd 2013. Am fwy o wybodaeth ewch i   www.fao.org/getinvolved/worldfoodday

 

Bydd ein taith yn uno gyda’r thema yma, yn lleol a rhyngwladol, gan wneud smoothies banana ar beiriant gwneud smoothie sydd wedi ei bweru gan feic mewn caffi lleol, yna cysylltu trwy “Skype” gyda chynhyrchwyr masnach deg o amgylch y byd.

 

 Trefn y dydd:

9.00am – ymgasglu yng nghaffi iSmooth, Stryd y Coleg, Rhydaman.- gwneud smoothies gyda beic!

Cerddwyr yn gadael am 9.30. Cefnogwyr yn parhau i wneud smoothies!

Tua 1.00pm – stopio am ginio yn Co-op Pontarddulais

Tua 4.30  – Te yn Bikeability www.bikeabilitywales.org.uk

Tua 7.00 – Cyrraedd y Ganolfan Amgylcheddol ble bydd aelodau o Fforwm Masnach Deg Abertawe yn cynnal pryd o fwyd o 5.00 ymlaen. Hefyd bydd yna luniaeth ar gyfer y cerddwyr yn ogystal a hufen traed LUSH ar gyfer massage!

 

Mae’r rhan gyntaf o’r daith yn cynnwys allt (tyle) hir – er os yw’r tywydd yn niwlog yna byddwn yn aros ar lawr y dyffryn. Mae’r daith o Bontarddulais i Abertawe yn fflat, ar hyd llwybrau beicio yn bennaf.

Os nad ydych eisiau cerdded y daith gyfan yna llefydd da ar gyfer  dechrau neu orffen yw Pontarddulais a’r Junction, Blackpill (ble mae’r lllwybr beicio yn ymuno a’r arfordir. Maent wedi ei gwasanaethu gan fysiau cyson.

Mwy o fanylion am Y sgwrs Skype gyda masnachwyr Masnach Deg i ddilyn – yn ogystal a datblygiadau cyffrous eraill i ddilyn!

Most Creative Campaign Award

Just heard that the planning and inaugural walk of the Carmarthenshire Fair Trade Way won the “Most Creative Campaign Award” in this year’s Fairtrade Foundation Awards!!

The Carmarthenshire Fair Trade Way is 25 mile walk that links the two Fairtrade Towns of Ammanford & Carmarthen via Llandeilo’s newest Fairtrade School. The route follows the beautiful Towy Valley and takes in a host of fairtrade shops & businesses along the way.

For more information on Fairtrade Ways go to - http://fairtradewayswales.wordpress.com/

 

GWOBR YMGYRCH MWYAF CREADIGOL

Newydd glywed bod cynllunio a cherdded y daith gerdded gyntaf o Ffordd Masnach Deg Sir Gaerfyrddin wedi ennill yr wobr “Ymgyrch mwyaf Creadigol” yng ngwobrau “Fairtrade Foundation” eleni!! . Bydd cynrychiolwyr o’r ymgyrch yn mynd i Lundain mis nesaf i dderbyn y wobr o £500 a fydd yn cael ei ddefnyddio i hyrwyddo’r teithiau.

Taith gerdded 25 milltir yw Ffordd Masnach DegCaerfyrddin sydd yn uno Trefi Masnach Deg Rhydaman a Chaerfyrddin gan fynd trwy Llandeilo.

Am fwy o wybiodaeth ewch i http://ffyrddmasnachdegcymru.wordpress.com/

 

INAUGURAL WALK OF THE AMMANFORD-SWANSEA FAIR TRADE WAY. WEDNESDAY 16th OCTOBER 2013.

Following the success of the walk along the Carmarthenshire Fair Trade Way from Ammanford to Carmarthen, plans are now being made to walk the stretch from Ammanford to Swansea. Watch this space for final details of routes and timings, and contact Phil at riversidepicnic@yahoo.co.uk if you’re interested in joining us.
For those of you not wanting to do the full route, Pontarddulais will be a good drop off/jump on point, as it is on the bus and train routes from Ammanford to Swansea.
(See Fair Trade Ways section of this website for more information on route)

TAITH GYNTAF FFORDD MASNACH DEG RHYDAMAN – ABERTAWE – 16 HYDREF 2013

Yn dilyn llwyddiant y daith gerdded ar hyd Ffordd Masnach Deg Rhydaman i Gaerfyrddin mae gennym gynlluniau i gerdded y daith o Rhydaman I Abertawe. Dewch yn ol yma ar gyfer cael manylion y daith a’r amserau a chysylltwch a Phil ar riversidepicnic@yahoo.co.uk os oes gennych ddiddordeb ymuno a’r daith. Ar gyfer rhai sydd ddim eisiau cerdded y daith gyfan , bydd Pontarddulais yn le da I orffen neu ddechrau. Mae ar y daith bws neu tren o Rhydaman I Abertawe.  (Ewch i adran Ffyrdd Masnach Deg ar y wefan hon am fwy o fanylion y llwybr).

Carmarthenshire's Fairtrade Way

Children from Ammanford Nursery and Ysgol Bro Banw lined the route and sang and danced as forty Fairtrade campaigners started their marathon ramble along the Carmarthenshire Fairtrade Way which joins the Fairtrade Towns of Ammanford and Carmarthen.

Staff from Co-Operative's Ammanford and Carmarthenshire stores joined Oxfam volunteers and Fairtrade campaigners from Swansea and Carmarthenshire, including a group of Amman Valley sixth form students, on the awareness raising walk. 

The walk included stops at community shops and cafes in Trap and Dryslwyn, and at Llandeilo Primary School, where the walkers were welcomed with a performance by the school's Samba band.

Walk organiser Phil Broadhurst said : "When the date for the walk was first arranged there were just 4 or 5 of us doing it. The way the idea took off has been fantastic. The amount of people, from across the community, who got involved has made it a massive success. We've had schools, businesses and community groups all getting involved, as well as individual and group campaigners.

"From first meeting up in i-smooth community cafe at 9am, it was over twelve hours of determined, but fun, Fairtrade awareness raising. From Ysgol Bro Banw's newly written Fairtrade song which they sang outside Ammanford Co-Op as we set off on the walk, to us at the end, collapsed outside Carmarthen Co-Op, but still handing out leaflets to passers by, we kept the message going all the way; that buying Fairtrade products is the only way to guarantee that the producers of those products have really had a fair deal."

The walkers were helped on their way by a Fair Trade Wales support car which was filled with water bottles donated by Ammanford and Llandeilo Co-Operative stores and Menter Bro Dinefwr. The Co-Operative stores also donated Fairtrade snack bars, and, along the route and at the end in Carmarthen's Oxfam shop, walkers were treated to foot massages using Fairtrade Foot Lotion donated by Lush.

For more information on the Carmarthenshire Fair Trade Way, which has been developed with the help of Carmarthenshire's Countryside Rangers, go to http://www.fairtradewayswales.org.uk/  / http://www.ffyrddmasnachdegcymru.org.uk/

Ffordd Masnach Deg Sir Gâr

Roedd plant Ysgol Feithrin Rhydaman ac Ysgol Bro Banw yn canu a dawnsio wrth i bedwar deg o gefnogwyr masnach deg ddechrau ar eu taith ar hyd Llwybr Masnach Deg Sir Gâr.

Llwybr sydd yn uno trefi masnach deg Rhydaman a Chaerfyrddin yw hwn.

Ymunodd staff o Co-op Rhydaman a Chaerfyrddin gyda gwirfoddolwyr Oxfam ac ymgyrchwyr masnach deg  o Abertawe a Sir Gaerfyrddin, ynghyd a myfyrwyr chweched dosbarth Ysgol Dyffryn Aman i gerdded a chodi ymwybyddiaeth am fasnach deg.

 Roedd y daith yn cynnwys stop yng nghaffis masnach deg Trap a Dryslwyn, ac Ysgol Gynradd Llandeilo ble roedd band Samba’r ysgol yn croesawu’r cerddwyr.

Dywedodd Phil Broadhurst, trefnydd y daith

“Pan gyhoeddwyd y dyddiad ar gyfer y daith roeddwn yn disgwyl tua 4 neu 5 o ni gerdded. Mae’r ffordd wnaeth y syniad gydio yn wych. Mae’r nifer o bobl, ar draws y gymuned, sydd wedi ymateb mewn gwahanol ffyrdd wedi bod yn lwyddiant arbennig. Cawsom ysgolion, busnesau, grwpaiu cymunedol ac unigolion i gyd yn cymryd rhan”.

O’r dechrau yn caffi i-smooth Rhdyaman am 9 tan tua 12 awr wedyn roedd yr cerddwyr yn llawn hwyliau da ac yn rhoi taflenni allan ar hyd y daith i hyrwyddo masnach deg gan sicrhau bod y neges mai trwy fasnachu yn deg yw’r unig ffordd o sicrhau bod cynhyrchwyr yn cael pris teg am eu cynnyrch.

Am fwy o wybodaeth am y teithiau sydd yn rhan o Ffyrdd masnach Deg Cymru ewch i’r wefan –

http://www.ffyrddmasnachdegcymru.org.uk/

 

LUSH helps fairtrade walk

SWANSEA'S Lush shop donated pots of its foot cream for people taking part in the Carmarthenshire Fairtrade Way Walk on Wednesday
The walk, which began in Ammanford and end in Carmarthen, is the first Fairtrade Way in Wales, and forms part of a UK-wide network of routes which  we hope will raise the awareness of Fairtrade among walkers and ramblers.
Phil Broadhurst, Ammanford Fairtrade gropu member  said: "We're hoping the Fairtrade Ways will encourage walkers to fill their flasks with Fairtrade drinks and their rucksacks with Fairtrade snacks. And using Lush Fairtrade foot lotion at the end of a long day's walk sounds perfect too."


Read more: http://www.thisissouthwales.co.uk/Lush-way-raise-funding/story-19326745-detail/story.html#ixzz2Wjb307SE

CARMARTHENSHIRE FAIR TRADE WAY

WEDNESDAY 19th JUNE
CARMARTHENSHIRE FAIR TRADE WAY
Fairtrade supporters (everyone is welcome!) will be walking the Carmarthenshire Fair Trade Way, which runs from Ammanford to Carmarthen via Llandeilo.
We will be meeting at i-smooth community cafe in College Street, Ammanford from 9am, to leave from the front of the Co-Op (opposite) at 9.30am.
Bring an empty flask to i-smooth and get it filled with fairtrade tea, coffee or hot chocolate for free courtesy of Ammanford Fairtrade Group!
With stops at community cafes in Trap and Dryslwyn, and a school samba band marching with us through Llandeilo, this will be fun fairtrade campaigning!!
If you think a 20 mile-plus walk isn’t fun, then you are welcome to join us for a part of it; Either join us at the beginning and walk as far as you like, or get in touch before for rough timings of places where you could join in.
Contact Phil at riversidepicnic@yahoo.co.uk if you would like to join us for some or all of the way.

TAITH MASNACH DEG SIR GAERFYRDDIN

MERCHER 19 MEHEFIN

TAITH MASNACH DEG SIR GAERFYRDDIN
Bydd cefnogwyr Masnach Deg, ac mae croeso cynnes i bawb, yn cerdded y Taith Masnach Deg Sir Gaerfyrddin, sydd yn rhedeg o Rhydaman i Gaerfyrddin, trwy Llandeilo. Byddwn yn cyfarfod yng nghaffi cymunedol i-smooth yn stryd y Coleg, Rhydaman o 9.00am, er mwyn gadael o du allan i’r Co-op am 9.30 Dewch a fflasg wag i i-smooth er mwyn ei llenwi gyda te masnach deg, neu goffi neu siocled twym.
Byddwn yn stopi yng nghaffis cymunedol Trap a Dryslwyn, a bydd band samba yn cerdded gyda ni trwy Llandeilo. Bydd hwn yn ddiwrnod llawn hwyl tra’n ymgyrhcu dros Fasnach Deg.
Os ydych yn teimlo bod 20 milltir yn ormod pam na ddewch chi am ran o’r ffordd yn unig. Cysylltwch a n ii gael syniad o’r amserau. Cysylltwch a Phil at riversidepicnic@yahoo.co.uk

Saturday 8th June - Fair Trade Wales Conference at The Liberty Stadium.

All Welcome! Don't worry if you get this late and you've not registered - Just turn up. Agenda and details below.

There will be a film about Wales as a Fair Trade Nation which includes footage from this year's fairtrade banana split and the meeting we had afterwards in i-smooth with banana farmer Sandra Joseph.

We will also have a stall at the conference promoting the Fair Trade Ways, including the new leaflet showing the routes around Ammanford.

Fair Trade Nation Conference

This one-day conference aims to educate, motivate, inspire and celebrate.

Outline Agenda

 when: 8^th June 2013

Where: Liberty Stadium, Swansea, Wales

9.45am Registration with Fair Trade refreshments

An opportunity to network and to browse the stalls

 10.30am Welcome & Setting the scene including National Campaigner Committee Elections ( Fairtrade Foundation)

11.15am The Future of Fair Trade and the role of a nation

An opportunity to establish what's next for fair trade and the people involved in the fair trade nation campaign. What do we need to do, and how do we do it?

 12.15pm Workshops

From procurement to producers, commercial to campaigning, these workshops aim to educate, motivate, inspire, share good practice and support you to feel connected

 1.15pm Lunch & networking

A fair trade and local lunch with an opportunity to network and browse the stalls

2.25pm Case study – Video from Red Cafe, Swansea

 2.30pm Workshops – Repeat

3.45pm Round up - The now and the next

4.15pm Elections

4.30pm Live Link to Fairtrade Producer

5.15pm The Future

5.30pm Close

This is a free conference. If travel costs are a barrier to your attendance please email info@fairtradewales.org.uk

Supported by the Welsh Government and the Fairtrade Foundation

CYNHADLEDD MASNACH DEG CYMRU

Sadwrn 8 Mehefin – Cynhadledd Masnach Deg Cymru yn y Liberty, Abertawe

Croeso i bawb. Peidiwch a phoeni os nad ydych wedi cofrestru – dim ond troi lan sydd angen. Mae’r cofrestru am 9.45 gyda’r gynahdled dyn dechrau am 10.30

Bydd yna ffilm am Gymjru fel Gwlad masnach Deg syd dyn cynnwys banan sblit enfawr Rhydaman a’r cyfarfod wedi hynny yng nghaffi i-Smooth gyda’r ffermwraig banana Sandra Joseph.

Hefyd bydd gennym stondin yn y Gynhadledd yn hyrwyddo Ffyrdd masnach Deg, gan gynnwys pamffled yn dangos y Teithiau o Rhydaman.

CARMARTHENSHIRE FAIR TRADE WAY

WEDNESDAY 19th JUNE

Fairtrade supporters (everyone is welcome!) will be walking the Carmarthenshire Fair Trade Way, which runs from Ammanford to Carmarthen via Llandeilo.
Watch this space for more details, but this will be a big, and long, inspiring day in support of Fairtrade!
Contact Phil at riversidepicnic@yahoo.co.uk  if you would like to join us for some or all of the way.

Taith gerdded LLWYBR MASNACH DEG SIR GAERFYRDDIN

MERCHER 19 MEHEFIN 

Bydd cefnogwyr Masnach Deg, a chroeso i bawb ymuno a ni, yn cerdded y Taith Masnach Deg Sir gaerfyrddin, syd dyn rhedeg o Rhydaman i Gaerfyrddin , trwy Llandeilo.

Dewch i fan hyn i gael mwy o wybodaeth pan gaiff ei gyhoeddi. Mi fyd dyn ddirwnod mawr, os nad hir, ac ysbrydoledig yn cefnogi Masnach Deg!

Cysylltwch a Phil at riversidepicnic@yahoo.co.uk os hoffech ymnuo a ni am y daith gyfan neu rhan ohoni.

First Minister Congratulates Scotland on JOINING WALES AS FAIRTRADE NATION

Bananas Growing in Wales!

Fairtrade Banana Farmer Sandra Joseph has been travelling around schools in Wales spreading the message of Fairtrade during this year's Fairtrade Fortnight. While visiting Carmarthenshire schools, she was surprised and amused by the fact that most of the school children she spoke to said they had seen a banana tree, and most surprising of all was that they had not had to travel outside Carmarthenshire to see the tropical plant.

On hearing that the National Botanic Garden of Wales does indeed have banana trees, Sandra made a special visit to see them.

Most were wrapped up for winter, but one inside the tropical glass house was bearing fruit, and Sandra was delighted to pose for a photo she never thought she would see when she left her St Lucia home

Amser prysur i Sandra Joseph

Mae ffermwraig bananas masnach deg , Sandra Joseph wedi bod yn brysur iawn yn trafeilio o amgylch ysgolion Cymru yn rhannu’r neges dros Fasnach Deg. Tra’n ymweld ag ysgolion Sir Gaerfyrdin cafodd tipyn o sioc i glywed plant yn dweud eu bod wedi gweld coeden fanana, a’r peth rhyfeddaf oedd eu bod wedi ei gweld yn lleol!

Aeth Sandra i weld dros ei hunan. Ie mynd i’r gerddi Botaneg Cenedlaethol oedd angen. Roedd y rhan fwyaf o’r coed dal heb agor dros y gaeaf ond roedd un tu fewn i’r ty gwydr mawr yn dechrau dangos ffrwyth, ac roedd Sandra wrth ei bodd yn cael tynnu un llun yr oedd erioed wedi meddwl y byddai yn ei wneud pan adawodd ei chartref yn St Lucia.

5th annual Fairtrade banana split

Around 200 people filled Ammanford's College Street arcade on Friday for the town's 5th annual Fairtrade banana split. The 30m long Fairtrade feast was built, eaten and cleared away in an hour of Fairtrade Fun, attended by Fairtrade banana farmer Sandra Joseph from St Lucia. She said : "I had heard about this massive Fairtrade banana split and I wanted to come to Ammanford to see it for myself. It was amazing!"

After the Split, Sandra went to i-smooth community cafe to deliver a talk about how the Fairtrade trading system has helped her and other small scale banana farmers in St Lucia by guaranteeing them a fair price for their bananas. She also talked about the help the farmers received from the Fairtrade social premium fund to help rebuild their farms after they were wiped out by a recent hurricane.

Sandra also talked about how she had been given a very warm welcome to Wales, although she would have liked warmer temperatures!

Ammanford Fairtrade Campaigner Phil Broadhurst, who had been escorting Sandra around Carmarthenshire on her visit to Wales, said : "We took her to see the banana trees at The National Botanic Garden, and even in the tropical glass house there it was a lot colder than in St Lucia!"

Assembly member Rhodri Glyn Thomas attended the event and was presented with a copy of a Fairtrade Foundation report on supporting smallholder farmers.

The night was rounded off with Sandra presenting a certificate recognising Ammanford's renewal of Fairtrade Town status to Town and County councillor Deian Harries on behalf of the people of Ammanford. Ammanford was the first Fairtrade Town in Wales and has now been a Fairtrade Town for over ten years.

Phil Broadhurst said : "We have been a Fairtrade Town for a long time now, but we still have a long way to go. There are still a lot of people in the town who need to hear and think about Fairtrade more. Whenever you meet producers directly, you are reminded of the importance of buying goods with the Fairtrade mark, and I hope that will stay with everyone who attended the Banana Split and met Sandra."

Carmarthenshire maintains its Fairtrade status

Its official – Carmarthenshire has been awarded Fairtrade status three years in a row.

The county has been recognised for its continued support in promoting the use and availability of Fairtrade products.

A large number of local shops, cafes, and restaurants including Tesco, Morrisons, Asda, Marks and Spencer and Lidl now stock Fairtrade goods.

For two weeks every year communities across Wales and the UK celebrate Fairtrade Fortnight in a bid to raise awareness and the sale of products.

To mark the event, and as part of the council’s Start2BSmart sustainability campaign, the council linked up with local wholesaler Alan Price of Cafe Fair Trade to taste test different coffees and teas.

Executive board member for sustainability Cllr Jim Jones said: “The council encourages the use of Fairtrade products as much as possible and is thrilled to receive the status once again. Fair trade encourages environmental responsibility and sustainability, and often lends to more natural and organic means of production, thereby reducing the impact on the environment.”

Fair trade is about better prices, decent working conditions, local sustainability, and fair terms of trade for farmers and workers in the developing world. By requiring companies to pay sustainable prices, Fairtrade addresses the injustices of conventional trade, which traditionally discriminates against the poorest, weakest producers. It enables them to improve their position and have more control over their lives.

 

Cafe Fair trade coffee company, which has a base in Burry Port, was formed 11 years ago to deliver Fairtrade coffee to the work place and coffee shops.

Owner Alan Pice said: “We source our coffee beans from some of the world’s best coffee producers, and by buying through Fairtrade, we get the pick of the crop enabling us to make amazing coffees.”

For more information on Fair trade beverages visit www.cafefairtrade.co.uk

 

Pic: Cafe Fair Trade owner Alan Price serves up Fairtrade coffee to council worker Ruth Rees.

Sir Gaerfyrddin yn cadw ei statws Masnach Deg

Mae'n swyddogol – mae Sir Gaerfyrddin wedi ennill statws Masnach Deg dair blynedd yn olynol.

Mae'r sir wedi cael cydnabyddiaeth am ei chefnogaeth barhaus o ran hyrwyddo'r nwyddau Masnach Deg sydd ar gael, ynghyd â'r defnydd ohonynt.

Bellach mae nifer fawr o siopau lleol, caffis, a bwytai, gan gynnwys Tesco, Morrisons, Asda, Marks and Spencer, a Lidl yn gwerthu  nwyddau Masnach Deg.

Am bythefnos bob blwyddyn mae cymunedau ledled Cymru a'r Deyrnas Unedig yn dathlu Pythefnos Masnach Deg er mwyn cynyddu ymwybyddiaeth o nwyddau a'r gwerthiant ohonynt.

Er mwyn rhoi sylw i'r digwyddiad, ac fel rhan o ymgyrch gynaliadwyedd 'Cychwyn Callio' y Cyngor, ymunodd y Cyngor â'r cyfanwerthwr lleol Alan Price o gwmni Café Fair Trade i brofi gwahanol baneidiau o goffi a the.

Dywedodd y Cynghorydd Jim Jones, yr Aelod o'r Bwrdd Gweithredol dros Gynaliadwyedd:  “Mae'r Cyngor yn hybu'r defnydd o nwyddau Masnach Deg cymaint â phosib, ac mae'n hynod o falch o gael ennill y statws hwn unwaith yn rhagor. Mae Masnach Deg yn annog pobl i fod yn gyfrifol ac yn gynaliadwy o ran yr amgylchedd, gan roi bod yn aml i ffyrdd mwy naturiol ac organig o gynhyrchu, a thrwy hynny leihau'r effaith ar yr amgylchedd."

Diben Masnach Deg yw sicrhau bod ffermwyr a gweithwyr yn y byd datblygol ar eu hennill yn sgil gwell prisiau, amodau gwaith boddhaol, cynaliadwyedd lleol, a thelerau masnachu teg. Trwy osod rheidrwydd ar gwmnïau i dalu prisiau cynaliadwy, mae Masnach Deg yn mynd i'r afael â'r annhegwch sydd ynghlwm wrth fasnachu confensiynol, sydd gan amlaf wedi gwahaniaethu yn erbyn y cynhyrchwyr tlotaf a gwannaf yn y gorffennol.    Mae Masnach Deg yn galluogi'r cynhyrchwyr hynny i wella eu sefyllfa ac i gael rhagor o reolaeth dros eu bywydau.

 

Cafodd cwmni coffi Café Fair Trade, sydd â safle ym Mhorth Tywyn, ei ffurfio 11 mlynedd yn ôl i gyflenwi coffi Masnach Deg i weithleoedd a siopau coffi.

Dywedodd Alan Price, y perchennog: “Rydym ni'n cael ein ffa coffi gan rai o gynhyrchwyr coffi gorau'r byd, a chan ein bod yn prynu drwy Fasnach Deg rydym ni'n cael y cynnyrch gorau sy'n golygu ein bod yn gallu gwneud coffi gwych."

I gael rhagor o wybodaeth am ddiodydd Masnach Deg, ewch i: www.cafefairtrade.co.uk

 

Llun: Alan Price, perchennog Café Fair Trade, yn gweini coffi Masnach Deg i Ruth Rees, un o weithwyr y Cyngor.

Banana i bawb o blant y sir

Bananas sydd ar feddyliau disgyblion Sir Gaerfyrddin.

Mae miloedd o blant cynradd y sir wedi bod yn gwledda ar y ffrwyth maethlon hwn a hefyd wedi bod yn dysgu o lygad y ffynnon beth yw bod yn ffermwr bananas.

Yn ystod Pythefnos Masnach Deg mae Sandra Joseph, sy'n ffermwr o Ddwyrain y Caribî, wedi bod yn ymweld ag ysgolion ledled y sir i roi cipolwg prin ar fyd sy'n bell bell o drefi a phentrefi Sir Gaerfyrddin.

Mae'r digwyddiad blynyddol hwn, sy'n cael ei gynnal dros bythefnos, yn hyrwyddo telerau masnach deg i ffermwyr a gweithwyr yn y byd datblygol drwy ei gwneud yn ofynnol i gwmnïau dalu prisiau cynaliadwy iddynt am eu cynnyrch. Hefyd nod y pythefnos yw hybu amodau gwaith teg a chynaliadwyedd lleol mewn llefydd lle mae hanes o wahaniaethu yn erbyn y cynhyrchwyr tlotaf a lleiaf.

Dywedodd y Cynghorydd Keith Davies, yr Aelod o Fwrdd Gweithredol Sir Gaerfyrddin dros Addysg a Gwasanaethau Plant: “Mae Pythefnos Masnach Deg yn gyfle perffaith i addysgu plant ynghylch o ble y mae gwahanol fwydydd yn dod ac ynghylch sut y maen nhw'n cael eu cynhyrchu? Ac rwyf am annog pobl i roi cynnig ar gynnyrch Masnach Deg nad ydyn nhw wedi ei brynu o'r blaen."

Yn ogystal bydd plant y sir yn bwyta bananas mewn prydau arbennig sy'n cael eu gweini i nodi Pythefnos Masnach Deg rhwng Chwefror 25 a Mawrth 10.

Dywedodd Sandra Weigel, Rheolwr y Gwasanaethau Arlwyo: “Mae'n bwysig ein bod yn dangos ein cefnogaeth i Fasnach Deg am ei bod yn berthnasol iawn i'n hymdrechion i ddarparu prydau ysgol sy'n iachus ac yn faethlon gytbwys, ac sydd hefyd yn sicrhau nad yw adnoddau'r ddaear yn cael eu hysbeilio.  Ar ben hynny mae'n werth cefnogi Masnach Deg am fod bananas a bwydydd iach eraill yn llesol inni.

Mae'n beth da fod y plant yn cael profi rhywbeth gwahanol, a'u bod yn dysgu am egwyddorion Masnach Deg."

Mae bananas yn tyfu yn y trofannau. Maent yn gyforiog o garbohydradau, a hefyd maent yn cynnwys potasiwm, ffosfforws, a fitaminau A a C.

MAE'N AMSER!

Byddwn yn cynnal ein Banana Sblit Enfawr heno yn Arcade, Rhydaman.

Byddwn yn adeiladu'r banana sblit am 5.30 ac yna ei bwyta am 6.00.

Eleni rydym yn ffodus o gael ffrinadiau o "Cymru masnach Deg" a Sandra Joseph, ffermwarig banana masnach deg o St lucia gyda ni.

 

Dewch yn llu i gefnogi - a bwyta!!

IT'S HERE!

The Annual Giant Banana Split is being held tonight at the Arcade, Ammanford.

We will be building from 5.30 onwards and the eating will start at 6.00pm

We will have representatives from Fairtrade Wales presnt as well as Sandra Joseph, a fairtrade banana farmer from St Lucia with us.

Please come and support - and even better eat!

Celebrating Carmarthenshire's Fairtrade County Status

 

Carmarthenshire has  had its Fairtrade County status renewed and to celebrate the fact a Certificate was presented to the County Council at University of Wales Trinity St David.

In the photo Sandra Joseph, a Fairtrade Banana Farmer from St Lucia, and Rebecca Turner from Fairtrade Foundation are presenting Sian Thomas and Deian Harries, County Councillors with the Fairtrade Certificate.

 

Dathlu Statws Masnach Deg Sir Gar

Mae Sir Gaerfyrddin wedi ail ennill ei statws fel Sir Masnach Deg ac i ddathlu'r achlysur cyflwynwyd Tystysgrif Masnach Deg i'r Cyngor yn Y Drindod Dewi Sant.

 

Yn y llun mae swyddog o Cyngrair  Masnach Deg yn cyflwyno'r tystysgrif i ddau Cynghorwr Sir, sef Sian Thomas a Deian Harries.

 

Children set to tuck in to tasty sustainable lunches

Schoolchildren across Carmarthenshire will have a double serving of sustainable lunches later this month, in support of this year’s Fairtrade Fortnight.

The county’s Catering Service, part of the local authority, is laying on two special meals to mark the event, which will run from February 25 to March 10.

On Monday, February 25, pupils can tuck into a tasty homemade spaghetti bolognaise with peas and garlic bread, followed by Fairtrade banana, ice cream and homemade hot chocolate sauce

On Monday, March 4, children will be treated to a chicken korma or quorn korma, mixed rice, naan bread, peas or sweetcorn, followed by Fairtrade chocolate scone and fruit juice.

Fairtrade Fortnight encourages fair terms of trade for millions of farmers and workers in developing countries. Climate change, rising food and fuel costs, and volatile market prices mean they face an uncertain future.

The council’s Sustainability Champion, Cllr Jim Jones, said: “It is vitally important that children are taught from a young age about where their food comes from, and how it is produced.  Choosing and asking for Fairtrade is one way to ensure farmers and workers can farm into the future, and together we’re making steady progress but we need to reach more of the people who need a fairer deal from trade.

The menus have been specially devised using the Saffron system which measures nutritional quality to the milligram.

Catering services manager Sandra Weigel said: “Last year was a huge success and we hope this year will build on that.

“It is important we show our support to Fairtrade as it complements our efforts to deliver a healthy and nutritionally balanced school meals service. It also helps educate the children about the ethics of Fairtrade.”

For further information on Fairtrade Fortnight visit www.fairtradewales.com

Plant yn paratoi i roi cynnig ar ginio cynaliadwy blasus

Bydd plant ysgol ledled Sir Gaerfyrddin yn cael dau ginio cynaliadwy yn hwyrach y mis hwn er mwyn cefnogi ymgyrch Pythefnos Masnach Deg eleni.

Mae Gwasanaeth Arlwyo'r Sir, sy'n rhan o'r Awdurdod lleol, yn coginio dau ginio arbennig er mwyn dathlu'r achlysur a fydd yn cael ei gynnal rhwng 25 Chwefror hyd 10 Mawrth.

Ddydd Llun, 25 Chwefror, gall disgyblion fwynhau spaghetti bolognaise cartref blasus gyda phys a bara garlleg ac yna i bwdin, banana Masnach Deg, hufen iâ a saws siocled poeth cartref.

Ddydd Llun, 4 Mawrth, bydd plant yn cael Korma Cyw Iâr neu Korma Quorn, reis cymysg, bara naan, pys neu gorn melys ac yna i ddilyn byddant yn cael sgon siocled Masnach Deg a sudd ffrwythau.

Mae Pythefnos Masnach Deg yn hyrwyddo telerau masnach deg i filiynau o ffermwyr a gweithwyr mewn gwledydd sy'n datblygu. Mae newid yn yr hinsawdd, costau cynyddol bwyd a thanwydd a phrisiau marchnad ansefydlog yn golygu eu bod yn wynebu dyfodol ansicr.

Dywedodd y Cynghorydd Jim Jones, sef Hyrwyddwr Cynaliadwyedd y Cyngor: “Mae'n hanfodol bwysig bod plant yn dysgu o oed cynnar o ble mae eu bwyd yn dod a sut caiff bwydydd eu cynhyrchu.  Mae dewis a gofyn am gynnyrch Masnach Deg yn un ffordd o sicrhau bod ffermwyr a gweithwyr yn gallu amaethu yn y dyfodol a chyda'n gilydd rydym yn gwneud cynnydd cyson ond mae angen inni gyrraedd mwy o bobl sydd angen bargen decach wrth fasnachu.

Mae'r bwydlenni wedi cael eu llunio'n arbennig gan ddefnyddio system Saffron sy'n mesur ansawdd maethol i'r milligram agosaf.

Meddai Sandra Weigel, Rheolwr y Gwasanaethau Arlwyo: “Roedd ymgyrch y llynedd yn llwyddiant ysgubol ac rydym yn gobeithio y bydd yr un eleni yn adeiladu ar hynny. 

“Mae'n bwysig ein bod ni'n dangos ein cefnogaeth i Fasnach Deg oherwydd mae'n ategu ein hymdrechion i ddarparu gwasanaeth prydau ysgol sy'n iachus ac yn faethol. Yn ogystal, mae'n helpu i addysgu'r plant ynghylch moeseg Masnach Deg."

I gael rhagor o wybodaeth ynghylch Pythefnos Masnach Deg, ewch i www.fairtradewales.com

Scotland achieves Fair Trade Nation status

CONGRATULATIONS to Scotland in becoming a Fair Trade Nation after achieving its target of having all six cities and 18 of its 32 councils garnering fair trade status.

Scottish Fair Trade Forum director Martin Rhodes welcomed the news that it had followed Wales in becoming one of the first nations to have the accolade.

Yr Alban yn derbyn Statws Masnach Deg

LLONGYFARCHIADAU i Yr  Alban ar ennill statws Gwlad Masnach Deg.

Mae'r Alban wedi dod yn Wlad Masnach Deg ar ol llwyddo i gyrraedd ei tharged o gael y chwech dinas ac 18 o'i siroedd dderbyn statws Masnach Deg.

Dywedodd Martin Rhodes cyfarwyddwr Fforwm Masnach Deg yr Alban bod y newyddion yn wych ac yn dilyn esiampl Cymru drwy ddod yn un o'r Gwledydd cyntaf i dderbyn statws Gwlad Masnach Deg.

What is Fair Trade?

Fair Trade attempts to put more money and power back into small producers hands, through a fairer trading system.

Fair Trade applies to commodities such as coffee, tea and fruit, from developing countries. It is generally aimed at protecting producers who farm small areas of their own land but due to remoteness and market fluctuations, often do not even recover the cost of production.

The Fairtrade mark attempts to provide a safety net for producers by guaranteeing:

• A minimum internationally agreed price. If the world price goes up so does the Fairtrade price, but the Fairtrade price remains stable if the market price falls
• A social premium to invest in community development such as wells or clinics. Producers must be part of a democratic body such as a co-operative, so they can make decisions about this fairly
• Safe and fair working conditions
• Environmentally responsible and sustainable production methods

Beth yw Masnach Deg?

Mae Masnach Deg yn ceisio rhoi mwy o arian a grym yn ôl yn nwylo cynhyrchwyr bychain, trwy system fasnachu decach.

Mae Masnach Deg yn berthnasol i nwyddau megis coffi, te a ffrwythau, o wledydd datblygol. Mae wedi’i bwriadu ar y cyfan i ddiogelu cynhyrchwyr sy’n ffermio ardaloedd bychain o’u tir eu hunain ond sy’n aml, oherwydd pellenigrwydd ac amrywiadau yn y farchnad, yn peidio ag adennill y costau cynhyrchu hyd yn oed.

Mae’r nod Masnach Deg yn ceisio cynnig rhwyd ddiogelwch i gynhyrchwyr trwy warantu:

• Isafswm pris y cytunwyd arno’n rhyngwladol. Os yw’r pris ledled y byd yn codi, yna codi hefyd y mae’r pris Masnach Deg, ond mae’r pris Masnach Deg yn aros yn sefydlog os yw pris y farchnad yn gostwng
• Premiwm cymdeithasol i fuddsoddi mewn datblygu cymunedol megis ffynhonnau neu glinigau. Mae’n rhaid i gynhyrchwyr fod yn rhan o gorff democrataidd megis menter gydweithredol, er mwyn iddynt allu gwneud penderfyniadau ynghylch hyn mewn modd teg
• Amodau gwaith diogel a theg
• Dulliau cynhyrchu sy’n gyfrifol a chynaliadwy o safbwynt amgylcheddol

Banana Sblit hiraf erioed yn Rhydaman!

Mae Rhydaman wedi adnewyddu ei statws fel Tref Masnach Deg a byddwn yn dathlu’n swyddogol yn ystod Pythefnos masnach Deg eleni, sydd i’w gynnal rhwng  25 Chwefror tan 08 Mawrth.

Hefyd yn ystod y pythefnos ar Nos Wener 8 Mawrth byddwn yn cynnal ein Banana Sblit Enfawr yn Arcade Stryd y Coleg, a fydd yn mynd ymhellach yn 2013!

Byddwn yn gosod y banana sblit am 5.45pm ac yna ei fwyta tua 6.00pm – Dewch a llwy!

Bydd gennym westai arbennig, sef Sandra Joseph, Ffermwraig Banana Masnach Deg o St Lucia! Bydd Sandra  yn siarad am ei bywyd fel ffermwraig banana masnach deg yng nghaffi cymunedol  i-smooth yn syth ar ôl y banana sblit – Croeso i Bawb

Resources for Schools

There are loads of resources available to help you bring Fair Trade into the classroom and other areas of school life.

Many of the activities can also be used for youth, scout and guide groups. If you have a favourite resource not listed here please let us know!

get downloading  http://fairtradewales.com/resources/resources-for-school

ADNODDAU MASNACH DEG I YSGOLION

Mae yna lwyth o adnoddau ar gael ar gyfer dod a Masnach Deg yn fyw yn eich dosbarth.Mae'r adnoddau ar gael yn ddwyieithog ac yn addas ar gyfer grwpiau ieuenctid yn ogystal.

 

ewch i'w llawrlwytho. -

 http://fairtradewales.com/resources/resources-for-school

great news

Great news - For this year's Giant Fairtrade Banana Split (Friday 8th March), we will have a very special guest : Sandra Joseph; a Fairtrade Banana Farmer from St Lucia!