By: J. E. Smith

J. E. Smith — Sat, 24 May 2008 16:12:17 +0000

This sounds like a conscience clear choice. the problem with international markets for what begins as organically grown goods such as coffee and chocolate, is that once the volume of demand becomes past a crucial point, as it always does on international markets, the volumes of growth required to keep up with demand destroys the sustainability so carefully, originally accpmplished. So, the next time you want to have chocolate or coffee, think twice - how much pressure are you putting on the farmers who are attempting to grow this product for your sweet tooth or your coffee break?
I’m about to take a coffee break now, and I might have one of those chocolates placed right beside the coffee display. How easy it is to forget the struggling farms and lands, right?! that is life, now, in most of the world. On television, in real life, and in movies, to have someplace important to go and to say, to wear nice things, and to have a chocolate or a paper cup of coffee in your hand is ‘where it’s at’.

Comments on: Fair Trade Chocolate

By: J. E. Smith