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Fairtrade Beer
I just had a beer with my evening meal. In pouring it, I noticed it bears a Fairtrade label. Fairtrade supposedly means following certain ethical practices in dealing with third-world farmers.
Hang on! WTF????
Beer is a very traditional drink, brewed from locally-grown ingredients. It’s something the English do well, both historically and today. Where the **** does anything foreign, let alone third-world, come in?
Reading the label in more detail, it says “Contains min. 23% Fairtrade Certified Ingredients”. Erm … that looks like 77% non-fairtrade. Isn’t beer more than 77% water? So does that mean the brewer imports water from the third world? Good grief!
Anyway, it wasn’t a good beer. I won’t be buying it again. Nor will I try the other beer from the Wychwood brewery that sits alongside it on Morrisons’ shelves.