Back the IF Campaign
The Fairtrade Foundation is a proud member of the Enough Food For Everyone, IF campaign.
IF campaigners at Leeds Market with Fabian Hamilton MP
The campaign calls for the changes necessary to ensure that no one need go hungry. This includes support for small scale farmers as the Foundation outlines in its Make Food Fair campaign.
Food campaigners Yilli and Jess urge York shoppers to back the campaign
It is important that everyone reading this website signs up to the campaign.
Sign up to the IF campaign now.
On Saturday 8th June, thousands of food justice campaigners will be converging on Hyde Park in London to demand change. The campaigners hope to influence the G8 meeting that will take place in Northern Ireland in June. Do you want to be there at this change making event? Check out the website for more details.
IF is formed by a coalition of different groups including: the Fairtrade Foundation, Oxfam, Christian Aid, CAFOD and the Women’s Institute.
To end hunger, we need to tackle four big IFs:
- IF we stop poor farmers being forced off their land and we grow crops to feed people not fuel cars.
- IF governments and big companies are honest and open about some of the things that stop people getting enough food.
- IF we give enough aid to stop children dying from hunger and help the poorest families get enough food.
- IF we stop big companies dodging taxes in poor countries.
The IF campaign was launched in Yorkshire on 25th January with events in Leeds and York. Leeds campaigners descended on the Outdoor Market and those in York gathered in the city’s main shopping street, Coney Street. It was difficult for passersby to miss the York supporters as they held aloft nine foot high letters ‘I’ and ‘F’.
IF campaigners at York Minster
John Whitworth of York Fair Trade Forum & Mark Dawson ,Coordinator Fairtrade Yorkshire, at the IF launch
