Fair trade and food

Herman, Agatha ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0646-9726 2025. Fair trade and food. Holloway, L., Goodman, M. K., Kneafsey, M., Sexton, A. E. and Moragues-Faus, A., eds. Elgar Encyclopedia of Food and Society, Social Sciences series, Edward Elgar Publishing, pp. 160-163. (10.4337/9781800887435.00044)

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Abstract

Both the Fair Trade movement and certified Fairtrade system present development and market opportunities for millions of agricultural workers and small farmers worldwide. As the Fairtrade market has grown, so too have the potential impacts for stakeholders although the institutionalisation and conventionalisation of a mainstreamed Fairtrade pose challenges in governance, value and praxis terms. Through exploring questions of participation and innovation, this entry reflects on the impact of changing barriers to inclusion throughout the system and the importance of maintaining producer involvement in defining Fairtrade. The move by large corporations away from third-party certifiers to ‘in-house standards’ poses an ongoing challenge, which highlights the vulnerability of a system dependent on the voluntary participation of capitalist enterprises. This emphasizes the need for Fairtrade to re-engage its ideals and practices across its diverse, global communities to continue to advocate for equity and justice within agricultural, and other, commodity networks.

Item Type:	Book Section
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Schools > Geography and Planning (GEOPL)
Publisher:	Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN:	9781800887428
Last Modified:	10 Dec 2025 12:00
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/183090

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