The Lorna Young Foundation

GLOSSARY

add-value
generate a return above and beyond raw product market price
cooperative
a managed organisation of any number of individual smallholders
dependency
people kept in the dark and so remain dependent on middlemen and multinationals
developing countries
countries that have been exploited for their raw products
donation
money you don’t expect to see again (except in better products and successful people)
entrepreneurial
take advantage of an opportunity no matter how small it may appear to be
fair trade
pay a fairer price for a product
grower
man or woman who grows produce as a means to making a living
grower group
a community of growers
local
operating in the local region or grower community
poverty
a hand to mouth existence with no opportunity for planning a way out of it
premiums
the additional payments made by companies that trade fairly
self-determination
using your own skills and resources to plan your own future
smallholder
someone with a hut and a parcel of land
sustainable
has a future