Fair traded food items and crafts from Malta and small communities in Latin America, Asia and Africa are today being sold from the Upper Barrakka Gardens in Valletta as part of a series of events celebrating Food Sovereignity at this year’s ninth edition of WorldFest.

This fair trade festival is organised by Koperattiva Kummerċ Ġust in collaboration with other organisations. The theme is Kieku l-Ikel Jitkellem.

This year’s edition included a traditional Ethiopian coffee ritual, a public forum on food sovereignity, a stand by two Mexican workers and labour rights activists who were invited to Malta to share their experiences, different activities for children and teenagers, a performance of forum theatre, and a concert featuring a young international female trio, traditional dabke dance and the up-and-coming Maltese band Plato’s Dream Machine.

A public forum on the global impact of individual choices, “Għażliet Personali: Impatt Globali,” is being held between 5 and 7 p.m.

After the forum, Maltese, Palestinian, Asian and Eritrean food will be on sale, followed by the evening’s performances which start at 8 p.m. WorldFest will feature a theatrical forum in which the audience will be asked to propose solutions to a given situation. The performers at this year’s concert are an international trio made up of Arianna, Anne and Anna; dabke, the most popular folk dance in Palestine, and a live performance by Plato’s Dream Machine.