Valentine's Day

A Case Against Big Chocolate by Clay Gordon of The Chocolate Life

“Big Chocolate” gets hauled into court for failing to live up to its promises to curb human trafficking in their cocoa supply chains.

Before the sun rose on the Capitol this morning, Friday February 12th 2021, the non-profit organization International Rights Advocates filed suit in the US District Court for the District of Columbia on behalf of eight former child slaves of Malian origin who were trafficked from Mali and subjected to forced labor harvesting and cultivating cocoa beans on farms in Côte d’Ivoire.

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Teen Vogue talks about Child Labor and Slavery in the Chocolate Industry

Why Your Valentine's Day Chocolate Has A Dark Side

Cocoa farming reportedly relies on more than 5 million child laborers.

BY GEORGIE BADIEL

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

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In this op-ed, Georgie Badiel, model, activist, author, and former Miss Africa, explains the risk of an unsustainable cocoa industry.

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