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One of the few brands actually taking concrete steps about child slavery on cocoa farms. They have had pieces on them done by pbs and I think 60 mins.
Oh cool. I guess that partly explains the higher prices they sell for here.
Yeah it’s totally worth it though. They’re extremely diligent by industry standards when it comes to ethical sourcing of cocoa.
The blocks are a bit weird, the segments are an odd geometric tessellation where no two pieces are identical. Great chocolate though.
That's a purposeful choice to show that not everyone gets an equal piece. Some start out with a giant piece and others get just a tiny one.
I can only imagine how many fights this would have lead to between my siblings and me.
Yeah we ate a lot of blocks while with family over the holidays. I forgot about the weird segments. First time seeing the eggs though. It's a cool concept but seems like a waste of packaging. Beats some sort of plastic container I guess. Thanks for the heads up about their business practices.
Yeah, its funny how paid labor actually makes it taste better!
Yup. Heavily featured on last week tonight as an example of what good looks like.
I have heard this repeatedly. But when I looked into it I only found that they "pay more for the ressources" which doesn't mean there is no slave labor. I also found an ethics report or something which wasn't done by any third party but by Tony's themselves (and read more like PR).
Do you maybe have anything more substantial?
Look up the piece by pbs and by John Oliver. They also do a cocoa bean tracking system so they know where the beans are coming from. This is importa t to know that the beans are coming from the good farms and not from the bad ones. All that being said, they say they can't say slavery free due to how bad it is in that area. They can't guarantee that.
I think for me it's as simple as - do I go with the brand that seems to be doing something about it? Or go with the brand that misses it's own targets and is satisfied with the horrible status quo