How long does it take when you have a few teeth pulled at a time, before you can eat solids? Sick of cocoa wheats and malto meal.
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I just tried to eat a p-butter potatoe chip sandwich. OUCH!!! I forgot Teeth were pulled. I want real food?
How long does it take when you have a few teeth pulled at a time, before you can eat solids? Sick of cocoa wheats and malto meal.
Slavery in Chocolate?? What would you be willing to do to end it!!?
Due to the BBC revealing that poor children were being stolen and sold into slavery to Ivory Coast cocoa farmers, Congress was pressured to respond – they announced a 4-year plan to eliminate child slavery in cocoa producing nations – particularly West Africa where most of the world’s chocolate is produced. If all went well, child slavery was expected to no longer be used to produce chocolate and cocoa by 2005. This is a $13 billion industry in the US alone. M&M Mars, Hershey’s, Nestle, Guitard, Callebaut and World’s Finest which are responsible for the majority of profits world-wide, all agreed to the protocol. July 2005 has passed and these companies, among others, have done little to eliminate this shameful practice. Many companies join the listed ones above but some that DON’T are: Clif Bar, Newman Organics, Cloud Nine, Dagoba – all produce FINE chocolate without slave labor. I personally find it impossible to eat another piece of tainted chocolate!
Posted in 2012
Tagged africa, bbc, child, child slavery, chocolate, cocoa, cocoa farmers, congress, ivory coast, plan, Slavery, US, West, west africa, world, year