Food from the gods is called the cocoa tree (botanically called Theobroma Cacao) in language of Central America’s natives. The tree is indigenous to the rain forests of the Americas and originally domesticated in Central America. It is a special sort of tree that can only grow in the band around 20 degrees north [...]
The majority of people laugh with pleasure and doubt when they hear about healthy chocolate. If truth be told, we have overlooked an old age health medicine with the benefits of pure dark chocolate? On the other hand, most of the skeptics soon become converted when they see the research being compiled from sources around [...]
Organic fair trade chocolate
Chocolate has always been connected with a range of health problems and it was the main motive why some people avoid this tasty treat for years. Now days there are good news for chocolate lovers. Organic chocolate has been proved to present many health benefits. Studies done recently have shown that chocolate [...]
Two-thirds of the world’s cocoa is produced in Western Africa, from that around 43% sourced from Côte d’Ivoire. World Cocoa Foundation reports that around 50 million people depend on cocoa as a main source of their income. Every day many children toil in abusive labor conditions in West Africa’s cocoa fields. Iindividual cocoa farmers [...]
The principles and practices in fair trade:
Fair trade creates opportunities for economically disadvantaged producers through poverty alleviation and sustainable development. It helps producers who have been economically marginalized by the conventional trading system.
Fair payment
A fair price payment in the regional or local context must be agreed on through dialogs and participation. It covers the [...]