Fairtrade Fortnight - A Great Success!

To mark the end of the Fairtrade fortnight (23 Feb to 8 March 2009) a new world record was attempted and set.

The challenge - to record the number of Fairtrade bananas that could be eaten in a 24 hour period. Over 380,000 campaigners munched their way into the record books!

Bananas are the most popular fruit in the UK and are the most popular Fairtrade product. This record was aimed to support small farmers and workers in developing countries who rely on Fairtrade to earn a sustainable living and improve their communities. To highlight that buying Fairtrade is a really easy way to help alleviate poverty and ensure that the people behind the product get a fair price.

Why buy 100% organic cotton garments for babies?

All babygrows, sleepsuits, shoes, toys and blankets sold on the Molliemoo website are made of 100% certified organic cotton.

Organic cotton is an ideal choice for babies delicate skin:

• As cotton is grown using NO chemical pesticides, insecticides or dyes (a babies skin can absorb chemicals 5 times more easily than an adults skin – which can irritate their skin)
• Organic cotton is thicker, stronger and much softer than conventional cotton

Organic cotton is grown using sustainable growing practices so that the impact on the environment is reduced, these are:

• Untreated seeds are used (no chemicals or genetic modification)
• Natural fertilizers are used
• Crops are rotated
• Defoliation is left up to nature's freezing rather than a chemical application
• Beneficial insects are introduced to cut the population of bad ones so a natural balance is maintained
• The soil retains nutrients and the water and air stay clean for future generations

With these practices in place the farmers and manufacturers of organic cotton have better working conditions, a decent wage and as no chemicals are used they are not damaging their health. (over 20,000 farmers worldwide died last year from working on conventional cotton crops)

Finally, Organic Cotton is also a biodegradable and renewable resource.

Launch of Gifts for Baby

'Gifts for Baby' has been launched to provide a wider choice of new baby gifts which includes gift sets that include our unique Molliemoo clothing. Also a range of shoes, blankets, toy and muslins.

Great as a gift for a new mum, mum-to-be, new parents or christening or..
Are you a new mum? Why not treat you & your new baby to these gorgeous goodies

Please take a look on the website: www.molliemoo.co.uk

The Baby Show, Excel, London

27 February - 1 March 2009

The Baby Show provides you with everything you need for pregnancy, birth, baby and beyond.

There are organic and eco-friendly stands there too..

The Baby Show is a great day out for the whole family - mums, dads, grandparents, friends, babies and toddlers.

For more information click here: The Baby Show

Take Part in Fairtrade Fortnight

Please take part in Fairtrade fortnight which starts today 23 Feb to 8 March 2009. This is run by The Fairtrade Foundation to raise awareness that still 2 billion people still survive on less than $2 a day. Unfair trade rules still leave them in poverty, so please support fairtrade.

Please take a look at their website for more details: www.fairtrade.org.uk

Fairtrade Hot Chocolate Tasting 23 Feb
Today (23 Feb) Cocoa Loco (chocolate supplier) will be sampling some of their fairtrade goods (Hot chocolate and other chocolate goodies) outside the Infinity Foods Shop in Brighton. Shame I am working!!