Tip of the Week

Sweeter Treats

43 percent of the world's cocoa beans are grown in West Africa, where 284,000 children work on cocoa farms under abusive labor conditions.

This Halloween, choose chocolate that is sweet for the kids in your neighborhood AND the kids in cocoa bean producing countries. Look for the Fair Trade label on chocolate products, which guarantees that no children labored to produce the cocoa beans, and that the farmers earned a living wage for their crop. See our Chocolate Buying Guide for a list of Fair Trade certified products.

© The Green Guide, 2008

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