“If you offer your food to the hungry and satisfy the needs of the afflicted,” says God in Isaiah, “then your light shall rise in the darkness and your gloom be like the noonday.” A talk in honour of Traidcraft plc, pioneers of fair trade and the international Fairtrade Mark, who have ceased trading, but who have, over the past forty-plus years, "reimagined the relationship between producers and consumers, putting justice at the heart of trade.” The God of Isaiah would be pleased that in this era of escalating deregulation and profiteering, the fair trade movement steered many businesses in a completely contrary direction.
A talk for The Third Sunday before Lent, 5 February 2023.
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