Inspiring People<\/span><\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Here we pay tribute to inspiring people whose thought and actions have contributed to the development of Fair Trade knowledge and practices. Get in touch<\/a> to suggest any other Fair Trade heroes you'd like to see here.<\/center><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Elaine Jones<\/h4>

Elaine was a passionate, intelligent and human development, women's rights and fair trade researcher and activist. See here for a full page of tributes and publications: <\/a> <\/b> https:\/\/www.joft.org.uk\/elaine-jones\/<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Padre Frans Vanderhoff<\/h4>

Father Frans Vanderhoff dies, founder of UCIRI, precursor of fair trade and organic agriculture, passed away 14 February 2024. https:\/\/www.joft.org.uk\/padre-frans-vanderhoff<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Yorokamu K. Abainenamar<\/h4>

Abaine was a highly respected leader in the development of farmer cooperatives in Uganda, who supported them, advocated for fair farmer-friendly programmes and policies, and a founding members of Fairtrade Africa https:\/\/www.joft.org.uk\/inspiration\/inspiring-people\/mr-yorokamu-k-abainenamar-abaine\/<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Robin Marray<\/h4>

Prolific industrial and environmental economist who was a key player in the birth of the Fair Trade movement. https:\/\/www.joft.org.uk\/robin-murray\/<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Ra\u00fal Del \u00c1guila<\/h4>

Manager of Agrarian Cooperative of La Convenci\u00f3n and Lares (COCLA), a Peruvian small producers' organization. https:\/\/www.joft.org.uk\/raul-del-aguila\/<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Father Leonard van Baelen<\/h4>

Economist, theologian and founder of Fair Trade NGO CDI-Bwamanda, Congo. <\/br><\/br> https:\/\/www.joft.org.uk\/father-leonard-van-baelen\/<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Michael Barratt Brown<\/h4>

An economist, political activist and adult educator who helped found the Fair Trade movement in Britain and lead the creation of the New Left. https:\/\/www.joft.org.uk\/michael-barratt-brown\/<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Bert Beekman<\/h4>

Director of Fair Trade label Max Havelaar and a pioneer in fair trade products such as bananas, coffee, nuts and cocoa. <\/br> <\/br> https:\/\/www.joft.org.uk\/bert-beekman\/<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Mark Hayes<\/h4>

Founder of the Fair Trade financial cooperative Shared Interest, which provides trade credit and finance to producer cooperatives overseas. https:\/\/www.joft.org.uk\/mark-hayes\/<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Raymond Kimaro<\/h4>

Chairman of the African Fair Trade Network and General Manager of the KNCU, one of Tanzania\u2019s largest Fairtrade coffee cooperatives. https:\/\/www.joft.org.uk\/raymond-kimaro\/<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":506,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-blank-1.php","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joft.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2100"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joft.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joft.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joft.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joft.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2100"}],"version-history":[{"count":115,"href":"https:\/\/www.joft.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2100\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3884,"href":"https:\/\/www.joft.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2100\/revisions\/3884"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joft.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/506"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joft.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2100"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}