Yesterday we
were playing the Fairtrade game. We all got roles and there was the cocoa
farmers, the Fairtrade farmers, shoppers, shop keepers 1 and 2, the big
chocolate factory and the Fairtrade chocolate factory.
Cocoa farmers
Cocoa
farmers don’t get paid for enough for what they produce. They would like a
better deal they want to sell to Fairtrade cocoa factory’s but cant. Now let’s
interview some cocoa farmers.
Q: How hard
is life on the farm and why?
A: It’s
really hard because we don’t get the fair amount of money we deserve!
Q: How do
you feel about the price of cocoa beans going down?
A: terrible
because we don’t get enough money!
Q: how do
you feel about black pod decease?
A: Terrible
because big chocolate factory won’t buy our beans only from surtian cocoa
farmers!
Fairtrade cocoa farmers
The
fairtrade farmers get a better amount of money because the cocoa beans they grow
get bought for a good amount. Lets interview some fairtrade farmers.
Q: what are
you trying to accomplish ?
A: we wanted
to have a good and good payment that is why were fairtrade
Q: Do you
just sell to fairtrade factories?
A: there is
always argument between us but we mostly don’t
Q: do you
ever feel your going to get scammed by not getting fair amount of money for
your beans?
A: No we
trust the people we sell to
Q: How do
you feel about black pod disease ?
A: it
doesn’t affect us because we made plenty last season
Fairtrade factory
The
Fairtrade factory buys beans from fairtrade cocoa farmers. They give them a
fair amount of money. Now lets get on to the interview.
Q: How much
do you pay for cocoa beans?
A: 5p per
bean
Q: What do
you think about fairtrade?
A: We think
fairtrade is important because everyone should be treated fairly
Q: Do you
always buy from fairtrade?
A: Yes we do
Q: How do
you feel about black pod disease?
A: We don’t
really like it because its bad for the farmers but its good for us because we
get more money
Big chocolate factory
The big
chocolate factory only buys from independent farmers. Lets start the interview.
Q: What is
your aim?
A: more
profit
Q: why do
you want more profit?
A: decent
pay and so our families can have a good living
Q: where do
you get your beans and why?
A: Ghana
because its better quality
Q: Why did
you lower the prices?
A: we wanted
more money
Q: don’t you
get enough money?
A: well yes
but we wanted more money to get more supplies
Q: do you
ever consider cocoa farmers?
A: we only
care about ourselves
Q:how do you
feel about black pod disease?
A: it
doesn’t affect us we bought plenty last season
Shop keepers 1
Shop keepers
number 1 is fairtrade and sell fairtrade produts.
Now lets get
on with the interview.
Q: Do you
ever buy from big chocolate factory?
A: Sometimes
only if they have a good price
Q; Why did
you buy it then if someone wasn’t getting the fair price for it?
A: We don’t
care about poor people.
Q: Why don’t
you care?
A: We only
care about our lives no one elses
Q: How much
do you sell your chocolate bars for?
A: £1 per
bar
Shop
keepers 2
Shop keepers
number 2 sometimes sell fairtrade products. Lets get on to the interview .
Q: Do you always buy from fairtrade
factory?
A: We sometimes buy from fairtrade
factoreis but sometimes buy from big chocolate factory.
Q: How do you feel about black pod
deacese?
A: It doesn’t really effect us
because we can buy from both factories.
Shoppers
The shoppers work with the
journalists to help them find out information about fairtrade. We interviewed
them ourselfs lets see what they said.
Q: Do you only buy fairtrade
chocolate bars?
A: Well I usually buy fairtrade
chocolate bars because its fairer price for the farmers.
Q: Do you taste a difference from
fairtrade and non fairtrade chocolate bars?
A: No but it feel better eating a
fairtrade chocolate bar.
That’s all we have interviewed today
but we think we will be doing another fairtrade game again.
