Fairtrade Fortnight begins today and this year the Fairtrade Foundation have come up with a novel yet very simple way to get involved.

 All we need to do is swap a conventional product for a fairtrade one and since the range is now fairly broad from nuts and grains, through tea and coffee to biscuits and fruit – it’s a really easy way to make a difference to the lives of people living in some of the poorest countries in the world.

A huge two billion people, a third of the world’s population, survive on just $2 a day. By choosing fairtrade products we can make a difference,  through ensuring farmers and producers in developing countries get a fair price for what they produce.

The aim is to achieve one million and one swaps during the next fortnight, so make the right choice and register your swap at http://www.fairtrade.org.uk/thebigswap/.

Click here to see some of the wonderful fairtrade products available to buy online at Garlands Organic.