BlogHer - fairtrade - Comments

Heard about coffee, did not realise tea was the same

GreenGirlyGirl — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 01:12:43 -0500

Hi.

Thanks for the information. I knew about fair trade coffee but did not realise I should be checking my herbal teas as well....will go through the cupboards tonight!

Patty

Pretty! I'll have to

Ily — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 17:04:45 -0500

Pretty! I'll have to remember this when I need a new mat...

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Recycled juice wrapper purses

savetheworlddesigns — Sun, 25 May 2008 20:27:35 -0500

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OldDani — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 04:00:16 -0600

I am forever telling people to only buy fair trade chocolate. When I explain why I am met with horrified faces and murmurs of "how terrible". It doesn't stop people from buying the evil stuff though.

Of all things, chocolate is all about pure pleasure. How can you take pleasure in eating something when you know a small child has been irrevocably hurt to produce it?

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K-12 Sustainability Education

Mary Clare Hunt — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 11:06:34 -0600

I found this link this morning for our teaching friends.

http://www.urbanoptions.org/SustainEdHandbook/AuthorBiographies.htm#D%20...

Right On!

Meems — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 00:37:27 -0600

Thanks for the shout out and a big THANK YOU for supporting Fai Trade and Sweet Earth Chocolates!

those just sound

blackrose78 — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 15:02:41 -0600

SO cool. :) Bubblegum purses! Altho, it does give some of us the idea to eat MORE candy, so we can make our own! LOL

As a chai drinking

SophieChanel — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 08:48:58 -0600

As a chai drinking chocoholic myself, thanks for the tip!

Sophie

www.alphawomen.com

Another facet of the chocolate issue

Sandy S. — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 14:38:12 -0600

Hi--I enjoy reading your blog here! Thanks for all the great suggestions. Thought you might be interested in this link, for Stop the Traffik's Chocolate Campaign (http://www.stopthetraffik.org/chocolatecampaign/). This relates to eliminating the use of forced labor (mostly from children) to harvest cocoa beans in Cote D'Ivoire. Links on the left of the page provide some good resources.

Thanks again!
Sandy
www.LocalFoodBlog.com

good stuff, huh.

alyssaroyse — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 23:16:50 -0600

if you're in seattle, it's definitely worth a tour.... delicious, in a great seattle neighborhood. if you're up here, let me know, you can definitely build a day around it....

(I often find myself "pitching" at the same investment conferences as them. the joke goes like this, "it's not fair, you bring chocolate." then they give me chocolate and i stop complaining.)
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I heart Theo's!

greenlagirl — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 22:45:06 -0600

I wrote about Theo's Chocolates here - - and actually ate some over the weekend :)

Emerald City
green LA girl

Theo Chocolate

alyssaroyse — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 23:33:53 -0600

I have to put in a plug for a Seattle Company, Theo Chocolate.

From their site:

Theo produces premium, organic, fair trade and specialty chocolate. Our founder, Joseph Whinney, pioneered the manufacture and supply of organic chocolate products as the first importer of organic cocoa beans into North America in 1994.

Over a decade later, Theo is proud to be the only roaster of organic cocoa beans and the first roaster of Fair Trade certified cocoa beans in the United States. All of our ingredients are carefully selected to ensure they meet our standards for social and environmental responsibility.

From my humble opinion, the best chocolate i've had (except maybe Fran's which isn't fair trade, but is just amazing.) Theo has really innovative flavors, and don't balk until you've tried it. Curry. Bread and Chocolate. Their staff is truly phenomenal and creative - and the ethics of the company are second to none. Good stuff, small artisan company with a soul and an incredible product. (and no, i am not getting free chocolate or anything else from them, i just love them.)
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JUST CAUSE
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Ate Theo's fair trade chocolate over the weekend :)

greenlagirl — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 23:33:28 -0600

Gosh -- Bitter Sweet sounds like a rather depressing book -- but an important one!

I agree about the fair trade chocos being higher quality :) I would, however, like to see "lower end" fair trade chocos on the market. A lot of people don't care about gourmet chocos (thus the brisk sales of Snickers and Hershey's bars) -- but they care a great deal about price. I don't mean a race to the bottom with fair trade choco prices -- I just mean I wish there were ft chocos in every category, whether for the gourmands or for the trick & treaters --

Emerald City
green LA girl

nut free and fair trade?

laurie — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 05:29:28 -0600

Thanks for this thorough, interesting post and the great links!

Since reading Bitter Chocolate: Investigating the Dark Side of the World's Most Seductive Sweet by Caroll Off (published by Random House - http://www.randomhouse.ca/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780679313199) last year (and as a certifiable choco-holic), I mostly buy fair trade chocolate.

Unlike fair trade coffee, where, IMHO, the quality control can be hit and miss (but there are some really, really good ones), in my experience fair trade chocolate is uniformly yummy. My favourite is Cocoa Camino, from the La Siembra Co-Operative (http://www.lasiembra.com/).

However, I have yet to find a fair trade chocolate that is nut and peanut free (I think the smaller facilities of fair trade producers make cross-contamination a real fear). Anyone else have any luck?

laurie
www.notjustaboutcancer.blogspot.com

Yes, just $25!

greenlagirl — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 11:54:10 -0600

I think they're getting some money from the orgs involved to sort of subsidize stuff. Plus, there's no housing costs :) Maybe I'll see you there?

Meggie -- Glad I could help! Hope joining the network's both fun and productive :)

Emerald City
green LA girl