ELY went Fairtrade on Saturday with the help of some giant bananas. Supporters from the Ely Fairtrade Group marched along the High Street to the Cathedral Centre, where they held a Fairtrade Fair opened by MP Jim Paice. Pauline Jupp, chairman of the Ely g

ELY went Fairtrade on Saturday with the help of some giant bananas. Supporters from the Ely Fairtrade Group marched along the High Street to the Cathedral Centre, where they held a Fairtrade Fair opened by MP Jim Paice.

Pauline Jupp, chairman of the Ely group, said the event helped to create a good network of people who wanted to be involved in local events.

"We estimate that more than 400 people attended the event on Saturday. There was a lot of interest and people seemed genuinely interested in the issues and keen to take away information."

Fairtrade is a people's movement that aims to tip the balance of trade in favour of poor producers. Two billion people - a third of humanity - still survive on less than $2 a day. Unfair trade rules keep them in poverty, but they face the global challenges of food shortages and climate change too."

* Hundreds of thousands of people in Great Britain and Ireland will Go Bananas from noon on Friday till noon on Saturday as part of a world record attempt. They will be trying to break the world record for the greatest number of people eating a Fairtrade banana in a 24-hour period. More than 200,000 people have already signed up to take part and organisers say the number is growing daily.

Go to www.fairtrade.org. uk/gobananas for a full list of events and to download banana resources.