PREDA Fair Trade

The Aeta indigenous people have harvested the wild Pico mangos for generations and they are naturally grown and Preda is assisting them to develop the Pico mango variety and become organically certified. Many other kinds of fruit are bought but in smaller volume. Profairtrade and Profood buys all shapes and sizes of mango fruit and also pineapple, Papaya, Guyabano, Passion fruit and Calamansi but in lesser amounts. Always paying the price the farmer asks and above the prevailing price with a premium or bonus added. Today the Preda Dried mangos, mango-coco balls, dried green mangos and sugar free dried mangos are available in Ireland and the UK and World shops throughout Europe and Japan (www.predafairtrade.net). Directly paying a premium to the farmers. While fair prices are paid to the farmers on delivery of the mangos Preda Fair Trade agriculturists are also visiting the farmers to buy during the harvest and also paying the premium separately for transparency and documentation reasons. The partners of Preda, world shop people and customers are invited and are welcome to volunteer or visit Preda and meet the farmer beneficiaries of Fair Trade. They can also visit and join the work, help the children at the Preda children's home. This gives the opportunity for students, volunteers, partners and customers of Preda fair trade products to come to know some of the farmers and visit them. Visitors and volunteers are welcome especially at Harvest time which is from March to June in the Northern Island of Luzon. The harvest is from January to August in Mindanao. Preda fair trade it is done without discriminating and selecting only the biggest fruit, we reject none despite size, blemishing since all are peeled, sliced and dried So all all sizes are bought. This is a huge benefit to the small farmers and growers. Chemical free mangos.