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  • 'If its fair and I know it's fair, then I'll buy it.' - Chef at the Northern Quarter
  • 'My housemates buy a lot of it. It's worth it if it makes a difference even though it's a bit more expensive' - Manager at Kro
  • 'I buy Fairtrade coffee at home because it tastes better. But I wonder if all the extra money you pay goes to the farmer, if people knew that for sure they'd be more inclined to buy it' - Customer at Kro
  • 'The (people that grow the food) should get the profit. It's their product isn't it!' - Chef at Kro
  • 'If its fair and I know it's fair, then I'll buy it.' - Chef at the Northern Quarter
  • 'I buy Fairtrade coffee at home because it tastes better. But I wonder if all the extra money you pay goes to the farmer, if people knew that for sure they'd be more inclined to buy it' - Customer at Kro
  • 'Products made in some parts of the world are sold here for a lot of money while the people that produce them get paid a pittance. It destroys their markets and forces them into slave labour.' - Bar person at Cord
  • 'With fair trade everyone feels a sense of community. It's better for communities and it's better for you.' - Supervisor at Manna
  • 'With fair trade everyone feels a sense of community. It's better for communities and it's better for you.' - Supervisor at Manna
  • 'If its fair and I know it's fair, then I'll buy it.' – Chef at the Northern Quarter
  • 'Fairtrade is essential to promote fairness in international trade and to prevent people in the third world from being exploited by the developed world.' – Customers at Odd
  • 'I work here at Earth and I think that reflects my views about Fairtrade! I fully support it!' – Staff at Earth
  • 'Fairtrade is essential to promote fairness in international trade and to prevent people in the third world from being exploited by the developed world.' - Customers at Odd
  • 'I work here at Earth and I think that reflects my views about Fairtrade! I fully support it!' - Staff at Earth

What you said about fairtrade...

'If its fair and I know it's fair, then I'll buy it.' - Chef at the Northern Quarter

Jill Jennings

Look 07 commissioned Jill Jennings to work with fairtrade cafes in the city’s Northern Quarter. Her portraiture assignments range from musicians to business leaders and from suburban portraits to famous footballers such as Wayne Rooney, Rio Ferdinand and George Best.

She established her reputation in Ireland as an art, documentary, and landscape photographer. She is also co-author of two books on Belfast and is widely published in travel and tourism publications. She now works in Manchester on portraiture, documentary and art projects. See www.jilljennings.com