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This report provides an in-depth analysis of how cocoa is produced and how child and slave labour enter its chain of production. It relates the history of cocoa and explores how this commodity fits within a global market. Drawing on a wide ran ge of sources, it concludes with recommendations for consumers, the chocolate industry and governments on actions needed to address this serious problem.

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Our respond should be based on facts, not media coverage.

"Porcelana: The Holy Grail of Pure Criollos" (Maricel E. Presilla)

World Cocoa Foundation:
[url]http://www.chocolateandcocoa.org/[/url]

Child Slavery in Your Chocolate - RadicalThought.org:
[url]http://www.radicalthought.org/[/url]

The Food Revolution - Is There Slavery In Your Chocolate?
[url]http://www.foodrevolution.org/slavery_chocolate.htm[/url]

The Weinrich chocolate factory in Germany produces chocolates from fairly traded cocoa beans:
[url]http://www.weinrich-schokolade.de/en/index.htm[/url]

World Wildlife Fund:
[url]www.worldwildlife.org/[/url]

"Porcelana: The Holy Grail of Pure Criollos" (Marieel E. Presilla)

"Man cannot live by chocolate alone - but woman can." (Unknown)

Fair chocolate of high quality: Grenada Chocolate Company 71%. Cute web sites too: http://www.grenadachocolate.com/

"Man cannot live by chocolate alone - but woman can." (Unknown)

http://www.globalexchange.org/campaigns/fairtrade/cocoa/

http://www.icco.org/questions/fairtrade.htm

http://www.fairtrade.org.uk/products_chocolate_buy.htm

http://www.globalexchange.org/campaigns/fairtrade/cocoa/

http://www.environmentalobservatory.org/ library.cfm?refID=36085

http://www.american.edu/TED/chocolate-slave.htm

http://www.campaignforlaborrights.org/ alerts/2001/clrjanuaryindex.html

umcp.org/index.php/Chocolate

http://www.campaignforlaborrights.org/alerts.html

http://www.business-humanrights.org/Categories/ Sectors/Agriculturefoodbeveragetobaccofishing/Chocolatecocoa

http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=2034

Oh no! My Agustus!

Martin Christy
Editor
http://www.seventypercent.com

"It depends on where in Ghana the cacao is being grown. In some parts, children work for little or no wages, while in other parts, fair trade is the order of business (literally). I'm not exactly sure, though, as to what the overall conditions are over there. As you probably know, the slavery issue is not nearly as large there as it is in Ivory Coast, which just so happens to be the world's largest cacao provider (with Ghana being right up there in terms of cacao production). Also, while some countries might not actually enslave children, they will traffick them to other countries where they work in inhumane conditions. If this is a concern, then I would be extremely wary about eating any chocolate from West Africa, especially from Ivory Coast. Just looking at the backs of these people should send shudders down your own spine and provides you with more of a reason to support brands such as Domori and Cluizel. It might be more expensive, but at least you'll know that the chocolate isn't scarred with slavery."

Oh no! My Agustus!