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February 12 (Saturday)
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National Valentine's Day of Action
Take action join our Cocoa Campaign savor fair trade sweets...buy fair trade for your sweetheart!
Two thirds of the world's cocoa crop is produced on West African cocoa farms, where the U.S.
State Department and the International Labor Organization have recently documented the widespread use of child labor, and even child slavery. The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture reports that West African cocoa farmers earn, on average, as little as $30 to $108 per household member annually from cocoa.
Fair Trade Certified chocolate, which provides a living wage to the farmers, is a solution to the child labor situation. Fair Trade certification guarantees a minimum price per pound, prohibits abusive labor and offers the hope of economic success to cocoa farmers.
Fair Trade in Arizona
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