Welcome!Welcome!

Banana SplitBanana Split5 groups

1.Banana workers2.Plantation owners

3.Shippers4.Importers/Ripeners

5.Shop/Market Owners

Round 1: ExpectationsRound 1: ExpectationsDuration: ?Duration: ?

A spokesperson will be nominated for your group

Each group will read their Activity “Role Card”

Decide how much of the 30 cents you should receive for the jobs/work you do in the banana industry chain

Prepare reasoning for why you deserve that amount

Each group’s spokesperson will share their requested amounts and reasoning to the other groups

Round 2: Expectations Round 2: Expectations Duration: ?Duration: ?

With the new information gained, original groups will reconvene and decide whether they will modify their monetary requests or not by providing their reasoning

Spokespeople will once again share their new (or not) amounts and reasoning to the other groups

Round 3: ExpectationsRound 3: ExpectationsThe spokespeople from each group will negotiate with one another until the amount comes to 30 cents

Negotiated amounts will be written on each groups portion of a banana (to be provided by the teacher)

Fair TradeFair TradeWho benefits?

Did you know…Did you know… That approx. 1.3 billion people live below the poverty line.

That 2 billion of our fellow citizens survive on less than $2 per day, despite working extremely hard!

Banana workers in conventional plantations receive no benefits, no pension, no medical care, no guaranteed wage, no holidays… and are routinely sprayed with pesticides deemed illegal in North America

3 US transnational corporations dominate world trade in bananas- they produce and control up to 70% of world exports

◦ Chiquita; Dole Foods; Del Monte

In Canada, barely 1% of bananas are fair trade

Video: Fair-Trade- The StoryVideo: Fair-Trade- The Storyhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZpUw

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Fair-TradeFair-Trade "a trading partnership based on dialogue,

transparency and respect, that seeks greater equity in international trade. Fair trade contributes to sustainable development by offering better trading conditions to marginalized producers and workers and by securing their rights"

Fair-Trade's Intent: Fair-Trade's Intent: Reduce the number of intermediaries

Aims to organize disadvantaged producers and workers into community-based cooperatives.

Seeks to diversify production and enable producers to stand on their own (i.e.: giving them access to credit, benefits)

The Ultimate Basic Goal: A stable and FAIR price for the farmer !

Fair-trade Labeling Organizations Fair-trade Labeling Organizations International (FLO-International) International (FLO-International)

Makes sure that all fair-trade criteria are met before a product can carry the "fair trade" label.

19 certification organizations, all grouped within FLO-International.

In Canada: Transfair Canada TransFair Canada

Social criteria:Social criteria:

Cooperatives must make decisions without discrimination, on a democratic basis that also favours freedom of expression.

Businesses must have an active labour union.

Workers must have access to medical care.

If the cooperative makes a profit, the cooperative must invest this profit in public, health, or educational facilities for the good of the community.

Environmental CriteriaEnvironmental Criteria

Activities must be carried out in harmony with ecosystems and must provide sustainable protection for natural resources.

Requires producers to reduce their use of chemical fertilizers and synthetic pesticides.

Cooperatives are also encouraged to diversify their crops, to reforest to prevent soil erosion, and to develop organic farming.

Louis Carrillo (age 45) now works for UROCAL: “ they don’t spray me anymore… I get medical help if I’m injured at work. I even get a basket with a chicken in it at Christmas time”

What Can You Do?What Can You Do? Internationally

Buy Fair Trade products (on average 10% more than conventional products)

Fair Trade Fundraising Fair Trade in my Neighbourhood

Locally: Support local farmers and cooperatives

Spread the word….educate yourself on your buying power!

““Before you've finished your Before you've finished your breakfast this morning, you'll have breakfast this morning, you'll have

relied on half the world.”relied on half the world.” --Martin Luther King Jr.Martin Luther King Jr.