Liberation nuts
Liberation, the world’s only Fairtrade nut company, is co-owned by a co-operative of farming groups from Malawi, Mozambique, Bolivia, Peru, Brazil, El Salvador, Nicaragua and India.
This co-operative owns 42% of the companies shares (the rest are owned by ethical investors). The company is a CIC – a Community Interest Company – which means it is run to benefit a community of interest, in this case small holder nut farmers and gatherers in the developing world.
Liberation supplies Brazil nuts, cashews and peanuts to UK supermarkets including Tesco, Morrisons and Sainsbury’s. It also supplies own branded nuts to Sainsbury’s, Waitrose and other outlets including Harry’s Nuts!
Because the company is co-owned by farming organisations the farmers have a real say in decisions.
