CBBC Newsround | WORLD | Cocoa deal to boost fair trade chocolate

CBBC Newsround | WORLD | Cocoa deal to boost fair trade chocolate ()

  „"Fair trade" means the farmers who grow the cocoa beans that go into chocolate will get paid more money. The Co-Op supermarket chain has promised to make all its own-brand chocolate completely fair trade. It's struck a deal with cocoa farmers in Ghana in West Africa Farmers in Africa harvest cocoa Campaigners for fair trade say big companies don't pay a fair price for the cocoa beans and keep too much money from the chocolate they sell. Because so many people grow cocoa around the world, the companies can look for ages until they find the lowest price possible.“

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  „Fair trade chocolate bars are made from cocoa beans which are bought for a fair price from farmers.“

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  „Rijayatu lives in a tiny village in Ghana. Her parents' farm produces cocoa which helps to make fair trade chocolate bars for shops in the UK. Follow her story on CBBC Newsround.“

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  „My Fair Trade coffee roaster in NJ who ships to my Marin County church every week ($3 from every pound goes to the church) also has 3 kinds of chocolate bar and choc.covered coffee beans and 4 kinds of tea. He had to omit one particular chocolate bar because there was some question as to the FairTradedness of the almonds that were in it. I can't begin to tell you how WONDERFUL his service is!“

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