Kingston will host some very special guests tomorrow - two fairtrade farmers from Ghana.

To celebrate Kingston Fairtrade Fortnight, two farmers working with the Divine chocolate co-operative in Ghana will spend the day on February 24 speaking to schoolchildren and students about the importance of supporting schemes ensuring farmers get a fair deal.

Still to come in the festival is a banana eating record attempt, taking place at Kingston University on March 6, where students dressed as gorillas will try and entice as many people as they can to eat a banana in 24 hours.

The fairtrade farmers, Anane Mensah and James Adiyiah, will visit St Joseph’s Primary School in Fairfield and Christ Church Primary School in Pine Gardens, Surbiton, before hosting a Fairtrade display at the Rose Theatre and then presenting a talk at Kingston University.

Jeanette James, organiser of the Kingston Fairtrade Fortnight, said: “Awareness is really starting to grow around fairtrade, which is great but it can be a double edged sword because people think the cause is so well recognised it doesn’t need support.”

As part of the borough’s events, Mrs James has organised Faitrade displays at supermarkets, including an event at Waitrose in John Lewis on March 6 and 7.

“People don’t know how many Fairtrade products are available,” Mrs James said.

“They think tea, coffee and chocolate but there are so many more and Fairtrade does not have to be more expensive.”

The Fairtrade Fortnight in Kingston will conclude with an event at the Think in Kingston festival on March 11, Dinner’s Dirty Secrets: Is it ethical to eat? where there is a discussion of food miles with.

Mrs James said: “It is a vitally important discussion and even though people are waking up to fair trade, food miles is something people don’t know a lot about.”

Fairtrade fortnight continues until March 11 in Kingston. For information, visit fairtrade.org.uk

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