Hot tip

Fairtrade fortnight is running until March 19. The aim is to increase consumer awareness and to encourage people to purchase Fairtrade products.

With an ever growing range of Fairtrade products available, it’s easier than ever to include them in your everyday shopping and help protect the livelihoods of farmers and workers in developing countries. Have a look at www.fairtrade.ie for ideas on fair-trade events. Email: [e-mail]

* New Farmers Markets in Co Cork Ballincollig Farmers Market opened on March 8 and will run every Wednesday from 10am to late afternoon in Time Square by the Reel Cinema.

Bandon Farmers Market will open on April 1. It will be held in the car park of Mace Supermarket, Bandon, on the first Saturday every month at 10am-2pm. Potential stall holders contact Veronica Neville on 087-2324327, [e-mail]

* Food for Life by Kevin Thornton of Thornton’s Restaurant is available from Thornton’s, St Stephen’s Green, Dublin 2, tel: [phone]; Mitchell & Son, Kildare St; Berry Bros and Rudd, Harry St, and Green’s Bookshop on Clare St, all in Dublin. Priced at €100 the book is for charity.