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[Washington CEO Community] Earth-friendly chocolate: Like coffee beans, the cacao seeds from which we derive chocolate can only be grown successfully in equatorial regions””right where the world’s few remaining tropical rainforests thrive. As worldwide demand for chocolate grows, so does the temptation among growers to clear more and more rainforest to accommodate high-yield monocultural (single-crop) cacao tree plantations.
[Comments for green LA girl] Comment on Chai + chocolate = Organic, fair trade SLO Chai ...: Sweet Earth was the only place I could find that sells fair trade chocolate chips, and your repeated mention of them convinced me that I should buy from them. So I spent almost $60 with them this morning.
[Sustainable Design Update] Chocolate Biodiesel: Adventures Andy Pag (34) and John Grimshaw (39) have just returned from the 8500km drive from the UK to Timbuktu using Biodiesel made from waste chocolate.
[Consumer Lab] Roses Are Green: This V-Day, ”˜Fair-Trade’ Is Floral Buzzword: The Fair Trade certification, administered by TransFair USA, a nonprofit group, is available only on a handful of imports, including coffee, tea, vanilla, chocolate, and sugar. It joins several other floral designations, including VeriFlora, administered by an independent company, and the 10-year-old Florverde, an effort of the Colombian floral industry.
[Fair Trade Resource Network] Two San Luis Obispo Fair Trade Businesses Team Up to Spread ...: SLO Chai Chocolate is 100% Fair Trade Certified, which means that the farmers receive fair prices for their labor and participate in democratically-organized cooperatives that ban child labor, promote gender equality, and practice environmentally-sound farming and processing. All of the ingredients in SLO Chai Chocolate are also Certified Organic, ensuring that no harmful pesticides were used in their production.
[Wecanlivegreen's Weblog] Greening Your Valentine: For most it conjures up fond memories of romance, chocolates, sweet cards, flowers”¦ and a bit of pressure. We’ve all felt the pressure to get a one-of-a-kind Valentine’s gift without breaking the bank and (for all of us eco-conscious folks out there) not hurting the planet.
[MIT Libraries News] IAP 2008: Coffee + Chocolate + Fair Trade = Delicious!: Audience participation is encouraged, and Equal Exchange will provide free organic, Fair Trade snacks and dark chocolate for you to gorge on while you rail against the evils of consumerism.
[Natural Living at pennlive.com] Treat your sweetheart to humane chocolate: The $13 billion chocolate industry is heavily consolidated, with just two firms -- Hershey's and M&M/Mars -- controlling two-thirds of the US chocolate candy market. Surely, these global corporations have the power and the ability to reform problems in the supply chain.
[Two Hands Worldshop Blog] Jan-Feb 2008 Newsletter: All Valentine’s Day gift bags that we sell include Fair Trade chocolate from Divine Chocolate and Equal Exchange. Fair Trade chocolate is free from child labor.
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