CBS News found children in Ghana as young as 5 years old using machetes nearly as big as themselves to harvest the cocoa beans that end up in some of America's most-loved chocolates like M&Ms and Snickers. Debora Patta reports.
The only way to know you’re not exploiting children is to find an artisan who sources the cocoa themselves. Companies aren’t going to pay extra to make sure their cheap materials are harvested ethically.
An artisan is less likely to be aware of their full supply chain than a large company is. If you buy cocoa from a company in Africa, you can request that they use ethical labour, but unless you can afford multiple surprise visits every year, there’s no way to be sure… And even then if you are small they may decide that your business costs more effort than it’s worth.
and you have to trust the artisan. lots of vultures wearing dove feathers these days. 100% sure you pick it or people you actually know. a well organised ecoturism can make this happen. finally 100% ethical chocolate.
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The only way to know you’re not exploiting children is to find an artisan who sources the cocoa themselves. Companies aren’t going to pay extra to make sure their cheap materials are harvested ethically.
An artisan is less likely to be aware of their full supply chain than a large company is. If you buy cocoa from a company in Africa, you can request that they use ethical labour, but unless you can afford multiple surprise visits every year, there’s no way to be sure… And even then if you are small they may decide that your business costs more effort than it’s worth.
and you have to trust the artisan. lots of vultures wearing dove feathers these days. 100% sure you pick it or people you actually know. a well organised ecoturism can make this happen. finally 100% ethical chocolate.