Fairtrade at St. Michaels
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In 2006 Burnt Sugar decided to source Fairtrade sugar. They figured that with it being such an important ingredient in the sweet making, they should know where it comes from and how it is produced.

They now source sugar from the Kasinthula Cane Growers in Malawi – one of the poorest countries in the world. Last year the Fairtrade social premiums they received from sales of Burnt Sugar paid for one of three boreholes to be dug – providing clean drinking water (reducing water borne disease) – as well as preventing crocodile attacks on the women as they collected water from the river