How Fair Trade can be a remedy to agricultural challenges

In the 1960s, 50% of Lebanese lived in the countryside. In 2008, they only represented 13%. This reflects the reality of the country, rural regions and lands are abandoned, traditional skills are being lost and the economy is increasingly dependent on food import.
Fair Trade can be a way to revive the village, value the work of small producers and allow them to fight against rural exodus.

Video by Anne Ilcinkas
Music: Astrakhan Café Anouar Brahem

FTL is catering the screening of a great movie, join us!

Join Fair Trade Lebanon on March 31st at indyact for a joint event with TimeOut Beirut and Save Beirut Heritage; we will watch the extraordinary piece of witnessing that is: 'Beyrouth: Dialogue des Ruines' Dir. Bahij Hojeij. 1994. 50mins. French (no subtitles). Followed by a very special Q&A with the Director, soon after the release of his superb feature film, Chatti ya Dini.

Even if you don't speak French, it's completely worth it for the footage of the dynamiting of buildings in Downtown prior to their re-vamping by Solidere. It's also a moving meditation on the history of the city, its people and its future.

Refreshments will be provided by Fair Trade Lebanon. You can join the event here on Facebook.