Fresh Plaza: Portsmouth shoppers have been enjoying free bananas as they are given away in the streets to highlight Fairtrade. And with a couple of inflatable ones for children to play with it was the perfect way to start the campaign. As she handed out the Fyffes fruit, forum chairwoman Sue James said: ‘Portsmouth is the banana importing capital of the UK so what better symbol of the campaign could there be here?’ Roughly 70% of all bananas imported to the UK by Fyfees, as well as Geest and Dole, pass through Portsmouth. Sue added: ‘Fairtrade products have taken off in the past couple of years. Portsmouth is a Fairtrade city, a status it has achieved because of the support given by the city council, the university, schools, shops and many other organisations.’ Source: portsmouth.co.uk, Source: Fresh Plaza
