Baildon scarecrows stand up for Fairtrade
“Pat-a-cake, pat-a-cake, Fairtrade man
Bake me a cake as fair as you can”
‘Nursery rhymes’ was the theme for this year’s Baildon Scarecrow Walk with 70 scarecrows to be found around the town centre. Baildon Fairtrade group designed and built one along with a huge ‘cake’ decorated with Divine chocolate wrappers.
The annual Scarecrow walk is organised by Baildon in Bloom. This years took place on a warm sunny September Saturday, with hundreds of people finding scarecrows in various locations around the town.
Families and children patted the enormous cake baked by the Fairtrade man and more than 330 children went away with Fairtrade stickers while adults joined them in trying delicious Fairtrade chocolate cake buns. Interested young people and other supporters were offered information about how Fairtrade supports sustainable farming practices. Many people say that they already buy Fairtrade products and yet the point still needs to be made that without this organisation these producers would not have a livelihood. “With farmers and workers, we can all share.”
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- Baildon Fairtrade group with the Fairtrade Baker Man
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- The Steele family pat the fairtrade “cake”
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- The rhyme on the Fairtrade Baker’s drum
