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Jan. 21, 2012 at 10:30pm with 19 notes View comments

Sweet Earth Chocolates: Certified Organic & Fair Trade Treats

About Sweet Earth & Fair Trade Chocolate:

The U.S. State Department estimates that over 15,000 child-slaves work on plantations in the Ivory Coast. They have been kidnapped or sold by their parents to work from age 8 on cutting cocoa pods from trees and processing them, often at the end of a whip. In other countries of West Africa, children work with deadly chemicals, applying pesticides and fungicides to trees without wearing protective garments and without proper training. Amazingly, some of the cocoa used in popular confections - the chocolate you eat every day is grown and harvested under such conditions.

Fair Trade certification guarantees that you are not an unwitting participant in this very inhumane situation. Fair Trade-certified cocoa only comes from certified farmers’ cooperatives, organized to strengthen their farmer-members economically so they can provide for their families and educate their children.

Currently, Sweet Earth beans come from either the Dominican Republic, Peru or Costa Rica, the only countries in the world where there are farmers’ cooperatives that are certified organic and Fair Trade. In the meantime, a portion of their profits from their chocolate bars will go to support West African cooperatives in their efforts to become organic.

Organic and Fair Trade are like two soybeans in the pod of sustainability. Organic supports the soil and human health, protecting us from chemical pollutants. Fair Trade promotes community health by paying the farmer a higher price. Support the future by purchasing our delicious, high-quality products made from fair trade and organic chocolate.

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Check out some of these Sweat Earth Products!

Valentine’s Day Specials: Give your loved one healthy & socially conscience chocolate by giving Organic & Fair Trade chocolate! Sweet Earth even offers delicious VEGAN chocolate options for your Valentine’s Day treats!!

Individually Wrapped Chocolates: Set up a bowl of chocolates on your desk for visitors to enjoy, or pass out these individually wrapped chocolates to your friends and coworkers in individual Valentine’s day cards for a sweet treat!

Haiti Relief Bar: $1.00 per chocolate bar will be donated to Partners in Health: www.pih.org to aid in their relief and recovery efforts in Haiti. 100% organic & Fair Trade, plus the dark chocolate is vegan and soy lecithin free.

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Also check out Project Hope & Fairness, a 501c(3) organization supported by Sweet Earth Chocolates. Its main goal is to help the cocoa farmer. Right now, they are focusing efforts in Ivory Coast, the source of 75% of America’s chocolate. There are over 600,000 cocoa farms in Ivory Coast, most of them dirt-poor. Their goal is to redress the negative effects of large chocolate corporations, which have done little to improve the lives of the farmers whose products we enjoy. Visit www.projecthopeandfairness.org to find out more!