Fair trade is needed to ensure farmers receive a fair price for their goods, as supermarkets often exploit farmers by paying very low prices and threatening to find new suppliers if prices are not accepted. People should buy fair trade products because it ensures the farmers and producers actually making the goods receive fair compensation rather than shipping companies. Fair trade certified goods include various foods like coffee, chocolate, fruits and nuts, as well as non-food items.

1. By Chris Grain, Ryan Keepin and Bradley Trott

2. Why is fair trade needed Fair trade is needed because supermarkets trade unfairly for example if you wanted cheap coffee the supermarket will source a farmer and say for every bottle we sell we give you 20p the reason they don’t say no is because they need the money and if they try to get a higher pay the shops will move somewhere else so the fair trade scheme was introduced so that every one gets a fair amount of the money.

3. Why you should buy fair trade I think people should buy fair trade because the people actually making the product will get the money they deserve rather than the shipping companies also fair trade doesn't just go to far flung countries that make coffee and chocolate but also sometimes local British farmers don’t get paid fairly and that could be people you know being paid unfairly by big brands like Tesco or ASDA.

4. Fair trade products Chocolate Coffee Apples Bananas Oranges Lemons Limes Other fruit Nuts Tea Other drinks Meat And many more items

5. Super Major super markets in the scheme