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Easter is a time of hope, the coming of spring… and lots of chocolate. But have you ever wondered where that chocolate comes from?

Many cocoa farmers earn very little for their hard work. Behind the chocolate on many shelves are stories of poverty, exploitation, and child labour. Unfair wages and unsafe working conditions are still common in the cocoa industry, and harmful farming practices often lead to deforestation and environmental damage.

Choosing fair trade chocolate makes a real difference.

Chocolate is a treat, but behind many chocolate brands lies a bitter truth: the cocoa industry is built on poverty and exploitation.

Many cocoa farmers earn poverty wages and child labour is widespread. Some children are forced to work in dangerous conditions, cutting cocoa pods with machetes instead of going to school.

Tony’s Chocolonely is here to change that.

Fairtrade Fortnight. Why fair trade matters more than ever.

Why it is so important that cocoa farmers are paid a fare and guaranteed price for their produce in order to to cover basic living costs. Also discusses how vulnerable the farmers are who grow these products are to the global climate changes, drought followed by flooding. The longer term choices the family may have to make to survive.

The positive effects and opportunities that the fair trade movement enables to such farmers.