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If u do, u support slavery asshole!
"Slavery has a long history in Africa, but tragically, it also has a present. Five years ago, the BBC documented child slavery on Cote d’Ivoire cocoa farms, causing a public relations nightmare for the chocolate industry. Cote d’Ivoire farms produce nearly half the world’s cocoa, most of which is used by major corporations like Hershey, M&M/Mars, and Nestle. "
Fuck nestle!!
"Most of us love chocolate, but few would knowingly support slavery. Yet that is exactly what we do if we eat slave-farmed cocoa. As Salia Kante, director of the Save the Children Fund in Mali, put it: "People who are drinking cocoa and eating chocolate are drinking and eating the blood of children." As Americans celebrated freedom last weekend, American companies and consumers were keeping African children in bondage."
"But there is an alternative: Fair Trade chocolate. Under the Fair Trade system, yearly inspections certify farms as slavery free and guarantee them a fair price for their beans. The chocolate costs a bit more, but poverty is at the root of chocolate slavery, and fairer prices are the key to ending both. Buy Fair Trade, and you send a message to slave-supporting chocolate makers that you’d rather pay more than hurt children.''
by Kyle Scheihagen
"Slavery has a long history in Africa, but tragically, it also has a present. Five years ago, the BBC documented child slavery on Cote d’Ivoire cocoa farms, causing a public relations nightmare for the chocolate industry. Cote d’Ivoire farms produce nearly half the world’s cocoa, most of which is used by major corporations like Hershey, M&M/Mars, and Nestle. "
Fuck nestle!!
"Most of us love chocolate, but few would knowingly support slavery. Yet that is exactly what we do if we eat slave-farmed cocoa. As Salia Kante, director of the Save the Children Fund in Mali, put it: "People who are drinking cocoa and eating chocolate are drinking and eating the blood of children." As Americans celebrated freedom last weekend, American companies and consumers were keeping African children in bondage."
"But there is an alternative: Fair Trade chocolate. Under the Fair Trade system, yearly inspections certify farms as slavery free and guarantee them a fair price for their beans. The chocolate costs a bit more, but poverty is at the root of chocolate slavery, and fairer prices are the key to ending both. Buy Fair Trade, and you send a message to slave-supporting chocolate makers that you’d rather pay more than hurt children.''
by Kyle Scheihagen