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Fairfood news

Politicians ask for transparency

Amsterdam, 25 april 2008

 

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Kick-off new Fairfood inquiry 2008


Amsterdam, 22 February 2008

 

As of next week, no less than 797 food producing companies will receive the "Product Fairness Questionnaire 2008". They will be asked to indicate their products’ fairness. A grand total of 3000 products from 130 different product groups will be reviewed, compared to 1500 products from 77 product groups last year.

 

New product groups include filet américain, crisps and yoghurt. Producers have 2½ months to return the questionnaire, after which a process of testing and evaluation will begin. The new fair list of products will be published by the end of June.

Founder Eelco Fortuijn hands over the torch


PRESS REPORT
Amsterdam, 17 January 2008

 

Per 1 January 2008 Fairfood's founder Eelco Fortuijn (1970) has passed on his directorship to Frank van der Linde (1968), previously managing director with Fairfood. Fortuijn will stay available fulltime for Fairfood until June 2008 as advisor and spokesman. After that, he will stay involved with Fairfood as external advisor. 


After five years of fast growth, Fairfood stands firm. In Fortuijn's words: "The days of pioneering are over." Besides the advisorship for Fairfood, Fortuijn will also explore other horizons. "I have thousands of ideas and I would like to develop them", said Fortuijn.

After working for, among others, Fair Trade Original and Amnesty International, Frank van der Linde was asked four years ago to implement his organisational skill for Fairfood. Under his supervision Fairfood has grown into an established organisation of 24 paid co-workers (and three times as much unpaid co-workers) and has taken the first steps towards foreign countries. Under the direction of Van der Linde, Fairfood wants to develop into THE European campaign and lobby organisation for increasing the sustainability of  food consumption.




Publicity Stunt 2007

After months of insisting, most chocolate producers still refuse to be open about their production processes, despite the many problems in the industry. Severe forms of child labour such as dangerous work or forced labour are among them. This is why Fairfood joined forces with Stop the Traffik and came into action. Tuesday 18 December, cardboard-kids have been demonstrating on the central square just in front of the Dutch Parliament in The Hague. Their picture was a striking one and featured in many national newspapers the day after. That same morning, an advert had been posted in a national newspaper, criticizing two chocolate-makers in particular. As a consequence, they have both contacted Fairfood by now, and appointments have been made. To be continued, we’ll keep you posted!

Dutch politicians shake, serve and drink fair cocktails!

Watch the video below (Dutch) of the Cocktail Publicity Stunt 2007!