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Ivory Coast President Kept In Power By Chocolate

AP | MICHELLE FAUL | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Read More: Laurent Gbagbo, Child Labor, Valentine Chocolate, United Nations, Ivory Coast, Valentine's Day, Fair Trade, Underage Labor, Cocoa, Cocoa Beans, World News

JOHANNESBURG — Some of the cocoa in that Valentine's Day chocolate probably came from a West African country where the man in power for a decade...

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Valentine's Chocolate Please, Hold the Child Labor

Regina Varolli | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Read More: Valentine's Day Chocolate, Valentine's Day Gifts, Child Labor, Fair Trade Chocolate, Miki Mistrati, Human Trafficking, Fair Trade USA, Child Trafficking, The Dark Side of Chocolate, Chocolate, Cacao Plantations, International Labor Rights Forum, Cocoa Plantations, U. Roberto Romano, Project Hope and Fairness, Slave Labor, Global Cocoa Project, Fair Trade Certified, Child Labor in Chocolate, Green & Black's Organic, Cocoa, Hershey, M&M Mars, Nestle, Home News
Regina Varolli

The worst forms of child labor, even children that have been trafficked into slavery, are prevalent in the growing and harvesting of cacao in West Africa.

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PHOTOS: 13 Products Most Likely To Be Made By Child Or Forced Labor

The Huffington Post | Ryan McCarthy | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Read More: Slave Labor, Child Labor, Department of Labor, Carpets, Child Labor Gold, Labor Practices, Child Labor Clothes, Slidepollajax, Cocoa, Dol, Child Labor Laws, Business News

Some of our most basic purchases are produced by children. Though hard data is scant, it's estimated that there are 115 million children worldwide in ...

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10 Years Later: West Africa Children Still Exploited To Make Chocolate

AP | Posted 05.25.2011 | Impact
Read More: Trafficking, Cocoa, Ghana, Children, Chocolate, West Africa, Ivory Coast, Children Exploitation, Impact News

ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast — A report says West Africa's cocoa industry is still trafficking children and using forced child labor despite nearly a de...

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Mars, IBM & USDA Successfuly Map Chocolate Genome

AOLNews.com | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Read More: Cacao Genome, Cocoa Genome, Cocoa, Chocolate Genome, Chocolate, Home News

Two competing studies have unlocked the cacao tree's complete genome, which could yield a stable supply of chocolate beans and could one day lead to t...

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How To Taste Dark Chocolate

Chow.com | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Read More: Dessert, Dark Chocolate, Cocoa, Tasting Chocolate, Chocolate, Home News

How do you eat dark chocolate? Well, put it in your mouth and chew, of course. It's creamy, sweet, bitter, and probably very enjoyable. But what if yo...

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Chocolate More Expensive? Blame This Hedge Fund

Financial Times | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Read More: Hedge Fund Cocoa, Armajaro Cocoa, Hedge Funds, Chocolate, Cocoa Prices, Hedge Fund Chocolate, Cocoa, Chocolate Cost, Chocolate Prices, Armajaro Chocolate, Armajaro, Business News

A London hedge fund has swept up a large chunk of the world's stocks of cocoa beans, helping to drive prices of the basic ingredient of chocolate to t...

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Mars Wants Sustainable Cocoa Certification to Include Productivity

Jerry Lewis | Posted 05.25.2011 | Denver
Read More: Sustainability, Mars Inc, Cocoa, Denver News
Jerry Lewis

Mars Inc. is expanding its test market for its new goodnessKnows dark chocolate, fruit and nut snack beyond Boulder into the Denver area, with TV adve...

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What Does Kraft's Takeover Of Cadbury Mean For Fairtrade Cocoa?

Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Kraft Foods, Kraft Cadbury, Chocolate, Fairtrade, Cadbury, Food Politics, Sustainability, Cocoa, Fair Trade Chocolate, Green News

Just last month, Cadbury's CEO urged shareholders to hold tight and go for sustainability because he believed that the company's strong ethical code w...

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Fair Trade And Eco Friendly Coffee, Tea And Cocoa (PHOTOS)

Huffington Post | Lindsay Armstrong | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Organic Food, Slidepoll, Food, Hot Chocolate, Coffee, Cocoa, Fair Trade, Tea, Green News

In case you haven't noticed, Baby, it's cold outside! We at HuffPost Green suggest warming up with a cup of organic, fair trade cocoa, coffee or tea....

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7 Healthy Reasons To Enjoy Chocolate--Without the Guilt!

Dr. Patricia Fitzgerald | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Dopamine, Dark Chocolate, Cholesterol, Chocolate, Patricia Fitzgerald, Cocoa, Serotonin, Antioxidant, Flavonoid, Guilt-Free Chocolate, Healthy Living News
Dr. Patricia Fitzgerald

It might not be much of a surprise when we read about how eating broccoli can lower the risk of certain cancers, or how loaded with antioxidants fruit...

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How Sweet It Is: Good News About Chocolate and Cocoa

Dr. Nicholas Perricone | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Sweet Smarts, Chocolate, Cocoa, Mood Food, Dark Chocolate, Food-Cravings, Healthy Living News
Dr. Nicholas Perricone

The darker the chocolate, the greater the cocoa content and thus, the higher the health-promoting flavonoid content.

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Ethical Chocolate Worth Craving

Josie Garthwaite | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Sustainable Food, Slow Food Movement, Sustainable Agriculture, Green Living, Fair Trade Chocolate, Slow Food, Taste Test, Organic Food, Eating Matters, Chocolate, Green Valentine's Day, Environment, Valentine's Day, New York Times, Food, Artisan, Dark Chocolate, Sierra Club, Cocoa, Fair Trade, Green News
Josie Garthwaite

But chocolate made with an eye to its social and environmental impact needn't taste virtuous, as Sierra Club staffers recently found out.

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