3 challenges for Fairtrade Fortnight (and how you can win Fairtrade goodies!)
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Post #1
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Becks wroteon February 22, 2008 at 6:36am
Hello there my lovely fairtrade friends,
As you all already know, I'm going to be eating nothing but Fairtrade food during Fairtrade Fortnight. The challenge begins on Monday 25 February, and this year it would put a huge smile on my face if you can do something for Fairtrade Fortnight too!
So.... (drum roll please...)... I've come up with 3 Fairtrade challenges - if you aint seen it already, these are demonstrated in the video of my lovely Fairtrade Angels!
http://www.facebook.com/vi
Take a look below for each challenge - the goodies are very kindly donated by Waitrose, Marks & Spencer, Sainsbury's, Co-Op, Ben & Jerry's, Ethical Superstore, Doves Farm, Cafeology, Liberation Nuts and Ubuntu Cola.
Do one challenge, or do them all, it's totally up to you!
CREATE IT Challenge
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Here's a nice easy challenge to get you started. I want you to come up with an idea for a Fairtrade recipe then send it to me. I'll pick a winner who'll receive a box of Fairtrade goodies and whose recipe I'll cook (and post a video on here) in the second week of Fairtrade Fortnight!
Any meal of the day will do – it's completely up to you whether you come up with a recipe for a beautiful breakfast, a lovely lunch, or a delightful dinner.
The rules are:
1. Your recipe has to be 100% Fairtrade – that means all the ingredients must have the Fairtrade logo on (see what the Fairtrade logo looks like here - www.fairtrade.org.uk/downl
2. Once you've come up with great recipe, send me a list of the ingredients and instructions for how to cook it as a message on my Facebook group, making sure you put "create it challenge" in the comment.
3. Send me your ideas by 3 March 2008 so I can pick a winner and cook the recipe in the second week of Fairtrade Fortnight.
Tip – If you need some inspiration, go to www.fairtrade.org.uk and click on the 'products' link on the left of the page. From there you can find a list of every Fairtrade food item under the sun!
LIVE IT Challenge
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My second challenge is for you to do some of your own Fairtrade cooking, and I really want you to go wild with this one! You could cook just one fantastic meal, eat only Fairtrade food for a whole day/week, have a Fairtrade party, or even persuade everyone at work 'go Fairtrade' for the day.
Send me a message on my Facebook group (making sure you title or comment on any photos/videos with "live it challenge") so that I can pick a winner to receive a box of Fairtrade goodies.
The rules are:
1. Any meal you cook must be at least 50% Fairtrade ingredients (have the Fairtrade logo on) – this is a bit less strict than the last challenge to make it easier to take part.
2. Extra Brownie points will be awarded for originality and creativity!
3. To be in with a chance of winning a box of Fairtrade goodies, add your photos/videos of what you get up to on my Facebook group (making sure you title or comment any photos/videos with "live it challenge") by 7 March 2008.
STOCK IT Challenge
===============
And for the final challenge it's all about people power, as I want you to join me in telling shops to "stock more Fairtrade"!
There's a lot of Fairtrade stuff available but the problem is that shops aren't selling everything they could do. To try and change this, we've put together a 'stock it' card, which you can hand into shops to tell them to get their act together.
The rules are:
1. Go to Oxfam's website and download our stock it action card - www.oxfam.org.uk/get_invol
2. Print off a big bunch of the cards and write on the products you'd like to see more of
3. Go crazy handing in the cards to as many shops as possible by 7 March 2008 – remembering to take a photo/video in the process, which you can then post on my Facebook group with the title "stock it challenge".
4. The person/group who hands in the most stock it cards to shops wins the Fairtrade goodies!
The small print
===========
Deadlines for entries are: Create It Challenge – 3 March 2008; Live It Challenge - 7 March 2008; Stock It Challenge – 7 March 2008. Winners will be chosen on: Create It Challenge – 4 March 2008; Live It Challenge – 11 March 2008; Stock It Challenge – 11 March 2008. The competition is not open to Oxfam staff. Winners will be notified via their MySpace/Facebook profile. Prizes are awarded at the discretion of Fairtrade Woman and the decision is final. By submitting photographs or videos you are confirming that everyone you feature is happy to appear in your work.
As you all already know, I'm going to be eating nothing but Fairtrade food during Fairtrade Fortnight. The challenge begins on Monday 25 February, and this year it would put a huge smile on my face if you can do something for Fairtrade Fortnight too!
So.... (drum roll please...)... I've come up with 3 Fairtrade challenges - if you aint seen it already, these are demonstrated in the video of my lovely Fairtrade Angels!
http://www.facebook.com/vi
Take a look below for each challenge - the goodies are very kindly donated by Waitrose, Marks & Spencer, Sainsbury's, Co-Op, Ben & Jerry's, Ethical Superstore, Doves Farm, Cafeology, Liberation Nuts and Ubuntu Cola.
Do one challenge, or do them all, it's totally up to you!
CREATE IT Challenge
=================
Here's a nice easy challenge to get you started. I want you to come up with an idea for a Fairtrade recipe then send it to me. I'll pick a winner who'll receive a box of Fairtrade goodies and whose recipe I'll cook (and post a video on here) in the second week of Fairtrade Fortnight!
Any meal of the day will do – it's completely up to you whether you come up with a recipe for a beautiful breakfast, a lovely lunch, or a delightful dinner.
The rules are:
1. Your recipe has to be 100% Fairtrade – that means all the ingredients must have the Fairtrade logo on (see what the Fairtrade logo looks like here - www.fairtrade.org.uk/downl
2. Once you've come up with great recipe, send me a list of the ingredients and instructions for how to cook it as a message on my Facebook group, making sure you put "create it challenge" in the comment.
3. Send me your ideas by 3 March 2008 so I can pick a winner and cook the recipe in the second week of Fairtrade Fortnight.
Tip – If you need some inspiration, go to www.fairtrade.org.uk and click on the 'products' link on the left of the page. From there you can find a list of every Fairtrade food item under the sun!
LIVE IT Challenge
==============
My second challenge is for you to do some of your own Fairtrade cooking, and I really want you to go wild with this one! You could cook just one fantastic meal, eat only Fairtrade food for a whole day/week, have a Fairtrade party, or even persuade everyone at work 'go Fairtrade' for the day.
Send me a message on my Facebook group (making sure you title or comment on any photos/videos with "live it challenge") so that I can pick a winner to receive a box of Fairtrade goodies.
The rules are:
1. Any meal you cook must be at least 50% Fairtrade ingredients (have the Fairtrade logo on) – this is a bit less strict than the last challenge to make it easier to take part.
2. Extra Brownie points will be awarded for originality and creativity!
3. To be in with a chance of winning a box of Fairtrade goodies, add your photos/videos of what you get up to on my Facebook group (making sure you title or comment any photos/videos with "live it challenge") by 7 March 2008.
STOCK IT Challenge
===============
And for the final challenge it's all about people power, as I want you to join me in telling shops to "stock more Fairtrade"!
There's a lot of Fairtrade stuff available but the problem is that shops aren't selling everything they could do. To try and change this, we've put together a 'stock it' card, which you can hand into shops to tell them to get their act together.
The rules are:
1. Go to Oxfam's website and download our stock it action card - www.oxfam.org.uk/get_invol
2. Print off a big bunch of the cards and write on the products you'd like to see more of
3. Go crazy handing in the cards to as many shops as possible by 7 March 2008 – remembering to take a photo/video in the process, which you can then post on my Facebook group with the title "stock it challenge".
4. The person/group who hands in the most stock it cards to shops wins the Fairtrade goodies!
The small print
===========
Deadlines for entries are: Create It Challenge – 3 March 2008; Live It Challenge - 7 March 2008; Stock It Challenge – 7 March 2008. Winners will be chosen on: Create It Challenge – 4 March 2008; Live It Challenge – 11 March 2008; Stock It Challenge – 11 March 2008. The competition is not open to Oxfam staff. Winners will be notified via their MySpace/Facebook profile. Prizes are awarded at the discretion of Fairtrade Woman and the decision is final. By submitting photographs or videos you are confirming that everyone you feature is happy to appear in your work.
Post #2
1 reply
Lawrence wroteon February 25, 2008 at 12:32pm
create it challenge.
100% Fairtrade which I made tonight.
Red Quinoa - partially dry roasted and boiled
Fried Banana - the unripest ones I could find in the Co-op
Nut koftas - cashews & brazils, ground down in a blender, stuck together with a little water and oil, left for an hour to go firm then fried.
Dried Mango - rehydrated, then chopped up and coated in fairtrade mango chutney.
Picture here :-
http://www.flickr.com/phot
100% Fairtrade which I made tonight.
Red Quinoa - partially dry roasted and boiled
Fried Banana - the unripest ones I could find in the Co-op
Nut koftas - cashews & brazils, ground down in a blender, stuck together with a little water and oil, left for an hour to go firm then fried.
Dried Mango - rehydrated, then chopped up and coated in fairtrade mango chutney.
Picture here :-
http://www.flickr.com/phot
Post #3
Becks replied to Lawrence's poston February 26, 2008 at 3:44am
thank you very much, lawrence. yours is the first entry!
your meal also looked a bit like a smiley face with that banana :)
your meal also looked a bit like a smiley face with that banana :)
Post #4
Becks replied to Becks's poston February 27, 2008 at 2:47pm
And here's a photo of some of the things you can win, so get entering!
http://www.facebook.com/ph
http://www.facebook.com/ph
Post #5
Hannah wroteon March 2, 2008 at 5:54am
hey
kinda did both create it (see dinners recipie) and live it challenge at same time, as decided to eat only fairtrade all day, to see what it was like am now even more impressed at what your doing, although was surprised to discover how much was out there.
anyhow Breakfast:
Musli (traidcraft from oxfam), youghart (coop) and banana (waitrose) fairtrade orange juice (waitrose)
lunch:
fruit salad of mango, banana and orange (i think they might of come from tesco but i dont know cos my mum already had them) and orange juice and Geo bar (waitrose) and some milk divine chocolate
dinner:
created a meal of rice, avocado and cashew nuts as follows:
1. boil rice (waitrose) with a fairtrade cinamon stick (bart spices)
2. stirfry avoocado and cashew nuts with some tumeric (bart spice) actually very nice and even got the rest of my family eating it, which for my very fussy and sceptical little sister is a feat!!!!
3. pudding: another banana (I do like them lol), with ben and jerrys vanilla toffee crunch, and melted divine milk choc. (my little sister was very apreciative of this bit and may have even been won round!!)
snacks:
various tea/coffee and traidcraft stem ginger cookies (oxfam), evening went to a friends 18th and took fairtrade wine with me from Waitrose, and shared it round, many impressed people that you could get fairtrade wine, but don't worry I drank in moderation lol.
sorry no pics as i dnt have a camera that works at the mo
Hannah
xx
kinda did both create it (see dinners recipie) and live it challenge at same time, as decided to eat only fairtrade all day, to see what it was like am now even more impressed at what your doing, although was surprised to discover how much was out there.
anyhow Breakfast:
Musli (traidcraft from oxfam), youghart (coop) and banana (waitrose) fairtrade orange juice (waitrose)
lunch:
fruit salad of mango, banana and orange (i think they might of come from tesco but i dont know cos my mum already had them) and orange juice and Geo bar (waitrose) and some milk divine chocolate
dinner:
created a meal of rice, avocado and cashew nuts as follows:
1. boil rice (waitrose) with a fairtrade cinamon stick (bart spices)
2. stirfry avoocado and cashew nuts with some tumeric (bart spice) actually very nice and even got the rest of my family eating it, which for my very fussy and sceptical little sister is a feat!!!!
3. pudding: another banana (I do like them lol), with ben and jerrys vanilla toffee crunch, and melted divine milk choc. (my little sister was very apreciative of this bit and may have even been won round!!)
snacks:
various tea/coffee and traidcraft stem ginger cookies (oxfam), evening went to a friends 18th and took fairtrade wine with me from Waitrose, and shared it round, many impressed people that you could get fairtrade wine, but don't worry I drank in moderation lol.
sorry no pics as i dnt have a camera that works at the mo
Hannah
xx