Category: The Ethical Bean – Preview
The Ethical Bean - Preview
Big Chocolate’s Ugly Secret
In Ghana and the Ivory Coast, roughly 2.6 million children work in the cocoa fields, and nearly all of the children, over 2 million, work as child laborers. Almost every single one of these children work in hazardous conditions as well…
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The Ethical Bean: Deforestation and Cacao – Part Two
In the final part of our two-part series covering the chocolate industry’s devastating effects on Africa’s rainforests, we look at the human costs, a path forward to a more sustainable model, and most importantly, how you can very easily help…
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Deforestation and Cacao – Part One
Deforestation and cacao, together for nearly twenty-five years, as the chocolate industry takes a toll on Africa’s ecosystem, creating an unsustainable structure that puts not only Africa, but the future of cacao in jeopardy. In Part One of this two-part series, we pull back the curtain on how greed & corruption wreak havoc on our beloved chocolate.
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Gender Inequality in Cacao Farming
In this month’s Chocolate University, Rene Zimbelman discusses the issues facing women who work within the cacao supply chain, bringing the fight for gender equality to the forefront and raising awareness of those making an effort to break down the barriers facing women cacao farmers and workers today…
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Marisa’s Chocolate Adventure: More Than Just a Label – Preview
A chocolate maker can use packaging to create a unique identity through use of color, shape and design… and even the feel of the paper often sways my choice. Today I’ll showcase a few of my favorite packaging designs…
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