BANANAS

• Bananas are grown in Latin America, Southeast Asia, Caribbean and West Africa.
• There is currently 24,500 banana farmers and 63 certified co-operatives and 43 certified plantations.
• 100,000 metric tonnes of bananas are consumed and 15 million are exported every year.
• Developing countries rely on these products to bring in money.

COFFEE

• Coffee is grown in Brazil, Vietnam, Columbia, Indonesia and Mexico.
• Developing countries rely on these products to bring in money.
• There are currently 660,700 coffee farmers globally through 402 fair trade coffee producers.
• 400,000 metric tonnes of coffee is produced every year.

COMPARE AND CONTRAST

• Coffee and bananas are both grown in developing countries that rely on the money.
• There are more metric tonnes of produced/exported coffee than bananas.
• There are more fair trade certified coffee farmers than fair trade banana farmers.

IS THERE FAIR TRADE ICE CREAM?

YES THERE IS

• You need to use fair trade ingredients to make fair trade ice cream.
• A fair trade ice cream company called Ben and Gerri's made a plan, on my birthday, to move from non-fair trade ingredients to fair trade ingredients.
• Ben and Gerri's ice cream company think that they can improve the lives of farmers. They also think that they can strengthen communities by being a part of fair trade globally.

HOW DO YOU MAKE FAIR TRADE ICE CREAM?

TO MAKE FAIR TRADE ICE CREAM

• You need fair trade ingredients to make fair trade ice cream like Ben and Gerri's.
• Types of fair trade ingredients for example are fair trade cocoa, vanilla, bananas, sugar and coffee.

DOES THE TIPTOP ICE CREAM COMPANY PRODUCE FAIR TRADE ICE CREAM?

NO, TIPTOP DO NOT PRODUCE FAIR TRADE ICE CREAM

• They use natural colours and flavours.
• They use local ingredients such as milk and fresh cream, however they have removed Palm Oil which helps the Orangutangs.