HereFOODshire Challenge 2008 links:

Local Slow food convivium (www.slowfoodherefordshire.org.uk)

Herefordshire Farmers’ Markets (www.hfmg.org)

Herefordshire Foodlinks (www.herefordshirefoodlinks.org.uk)

Flavours of Herefordshire & food festival (www.visitherefordshire.co.uk)

The Herefoodshire challenge is being co-ordinated by Celebrating Creation, a community arts organisation in North Herefordshire that has organised many local celebrations over the past 15 years. Email herefoodshire@hotmail.co.uk for more information.

Information on Herefoodshire will shortly be posted on www.myherefordshire.com

Other local links:

County of Herefordshire District Council

Cycle Hereford - campaigning for cyclists in and around Hereford

Friends of Castle Green - Hereford's historic place of refuge

Hereford City Council - parish council for Hereford city

Hereford Journal - free weekly paper distributed in Hereford city

Herefordshire Friends of the Earth - thinking globally, acting locally

Herefordshire Conservative party

Herefordshire Green Party

Hereford Liberal Democrats

Hereford Times - weekly newspaper for Herefordshire

JABA: St James and Bartonsham Community News

Paul Keetch MP - Hereford's Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament

St Peter & St James Hereford - supporting Fairtrade and actively involved in trade justice campaigning

Weobley and Staunton Community Website

National links:

British Association of Fairtrade Shops (BAFTS) - The British Association for Fair Trade Shops (BAFTS) is a network of independent Fair Trade or World Shops across the UK

Corporate Watch - independent not-for-profit research and publishing group, undertaking research on the social and environmental impact of large corporations

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Ethical Consumer - magazine and research helping consumers to make ethical choices

Ethical Junction - wide ranging portal site

Ethical Trading initiative - an alliance of companies, non-governmental organisations (NGO's) and trade union organisations

GetEthical.com - online source for ethical products and news

Fairtrade Foundation - responsible for monitoring Fairtrade standards and awarding Fairtrade status

Fairtrade at Work - Bring passion into your workplace! Do you use Fairtrade products at work? Or do you have friends who want to get Fairtrade into their workplaces? The Fairtrade Foundation is launching a new campaign this week to make it as easy as possible for you to get your workplace to switch to Fairtrade. Check out the brand new website and find all the information and resources you need to make it happen. There is also a great viral video and a fun sudoku game – send these on to your colleagues and friends!

Make Trade Fair - Oxfam campaign to change the rules of world trade

New Consumer Magazine - Passionate, irreverent, positive, fun New Consumer exists to champion fair trade and ethical living throughout the world, and to ultimately change consumer and business behaviour by illustrating the ethical alternative.
New Consumer magazine delivers inspiration, information, products and action that make a difference direct to your door six times a year. You will find intelligent in-depth features, fair trade & ethical fashion, jewellery, food and drink, interviews and comment all enabling UK consumers to connect with fair trade producers and ethical businesses and use our collective purchasing power to support positive world change. Browse the New Consumer Shop to support fair trade and ethical lifestyle products that benefit producers in the southern hemisphere and our environment too. Together, we can make a difference.

New Economics Foundation - NEF is an independent think-and-do tank which aims to improve the quality of life by promoting innovative solutions that challenge mainstream thinking on economic, environmental and social issues.