Organico is delighted to announce that Bantry has just this week been awarded Fair Trade Town status. This was due in no small part to the hard work and committment of the Commitee, including Mayor Letty Baker and Town Councillor Mary Heggarty as well as some local tradespeople (including Hannah Dare and Liz Ewing from Organico).

In order to qualify for Fair Trade Town status, Bantry had to fulfill the requirements of a town of 10,000 even though it has a population of more like 3,000. However, this was in fact very easy as the local businesses were only too delighted to get behind the iniative. From Organico's perspective it was no problem at all as we were already promoting Fair Trade through both our shop and our Cafe - in fact we have been for years. Our Cafe was the first in Bantry to supply Fair Trade coffee exclusively and we stock over 50 Fair Trade products in our shop, including all kinds of foods, as well as soaps, incense, wine, and a huge variety of coffees and teas.

As the manager of Organico Shop Liz Ewing has been seeking out new fair Trade products ever since the Fair Trade Mark was established. We are in the business of inspiring people to think about what they are buying and Liz feels that supporting Fair Trade is doing just that. For this reason Mayor Letty Baker asked us to be the Flagship business for the Fair Trade iniative which we were only too delighted to be. Because we are primariy interested in Organic we do try to always stock the organic Fair Trade products; we feel that if products are being grown using harmful chemicals then the workers are not being treated fairly!

For anyone passing through Bantry who is interested in Fair Trade why not call in to Organico Cafe for a cup of Fair Trade (and Organic) coffee, tea or Hot Chocolate. We are open 10 - 5 pm Mondays to Saturdays except for public holidays. We also serve an extensive lunch menu and a range of tasty home-baked cakes and scones!


Organico Cafe, Glengarriff Rd., Bantry, Co. Cork, Ireland. Phone +353 (0)27 51391