A LOCAL group has this week launched its new breakfast initiative as part of the national Fairtrade Fortnight campaign.

Ilminster Fairtrade has invited the local community to join them for its new Big Fairtrade Breakfast in support of the initiative, to highlight the lack of food security faced by farmers around the world and to support local farmers.

Roger Gurner, from Ilminster Fairtrade, said: “We have been campaigning for Fairtrade for two years and, since becoming south Somerset’s first Fairtrade town, we have learnt what a difference making farming viable and generating vital economic security makes to vulnerable communities.

"It is easy to get behind Fairtrade Fortnight 2016 and we invite everyone in Ilminster to sit down for a Big Fairtrade Breakfast.”

For details on participating cafes, visit ilminsterfairtrade.uk.