Fair-Trade Chocolate

I was at lunch with a friend and she told me that children in Africa are forced to work on cocoa plantations without paid labor. 90% of these cocoa plantations, particularly on the Ivory Coast, use slave labor. As a chocolate consumer, I had no idea that this was happening. I am sharing this because I cannot accept such deep human suffering. I am now committed to buying fair-trade chocolate (which you can buy at Trader Joe's or your local health store) as it does not enforce unfair labor. CNN currently has a Freedom Project to end modern day slavery.

To learn more, click here:
http://thecnnfreedomproject.blogs.cnn.com/2011/04/06/the-dark-side-of-chocolate/