Aboriginal plants may be eligible for Fairtrade

Published: 2-Mar-2010

Two cosmetic ingredients grown by Australia\'s Aboriginal communities are being evaluated for Fairtrade certification, the first time such certification has been considered outside of developing countries.

Two cosmetic ingredients grown by Australia's Aboriginal communities are being evaluated for Fairtrade certification, the first time such certification has been considered outside of developing countries. Delegates gathered in Broome, Australia to discuss the role that Fairtrade certification could play in the economic development of the Aboriginal suppliers who grow and harvest kakadu plum and desert raisin crops for commercial application.

“Until now Fairtrade certification has been focused on third world producers in third world countries. But we have come to appreciate that Fairtrade has the capacity to improve the lives... of indigenous people that live in first world countries,” commented Juleigh Robins, md of Outback Spirit Holdings (owner of Outback Spirit Botanicals) who has worked to further the establishment of an ethical trade certification system for the benefit of Aboriginal producers.

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