Moral chocolate?
May. 29th, 2002 07:21 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
purpletigronI don't know how many of you know, but there is a big bruh-ha-ha going on at the moment about poor conditions in cocoa (and, hence, chocolate) production. There appears to be evidence of child slavery, appalling working conditions, poverty-level wages, wanton environmental degradation, the whole nine yards. A bunch of Web site have discussions about this: and loads more that any search engine should quickly find you.
Well, if you think that so-called `fair trade' is one way to address the real problems in the world cocoa industry, then there's another Web page that might interest you. M&M's are taking votes until this Friday 31 May on a new color, and Global Exchange are organizing a `write-in bid' for the new color to be `Fair Trade Certified'. FYI, the URL is: http://gcv.mms.com/us/vote_color.jsp, and you can vote for any colour that you want...
Well, if you think that so-called `fair trade' is one way to address the real problems in the world cocoa industry, then there's another Web page that might interest you. M&M's are taking votes until this Friday 31 May on a new color, and Global Exchange are organizing a `write-in bid' for the new color to be `Fair Trade Certified'. FYI, the URL is: http://gcv.mms.com/us/vote_color.jsp, and you can vote for any colour that you want...
