Fair Trade Chocolate Movement: Reverse Trick Or Treat
This interesting event has been held by Global Exchange, putting grassroots pressure on international companies that purchase cocoa. They distribute information on fair trade chocolate to parents and school groups across the United States and Canada. In addition, participants go “reverse trick or treating” on Halloween where instead of accepting candy, trick or treaters distribute fair trade chocolate to each home.
Why fair trade chocolate? Many people aren’t aware that despite international agreements, around 2 million children work on cocoa plantations, some in slavelike conditions with no pay. Better labor practices and sustainable agriculture are emphasized in the fair trade movement. It takes strict adherence to policies for chocolate to be certified as fair trade.
Global Exchange hopes to draw attention to the human rights issues in chocolate production by sharing delicious samples of fair trade chocolate with consumers. By raising awareness of fair trade chocolate, they encourage corporations to closely examine their business practices.
“Reverse Trick-or-Treaters” Deliver Fair Trade Chocolate | Worldwatch Institute.
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