Recent newspaper articles allege the use of slave labor to harvest cocoa beans in the Ivory Coast. “The only way to assure a chocolate bar is made without slave labor is to make sure the chocolate is not made from cocoa beans grown in countries such as the Ivory Coast where slave labor has been documented in the harvesting of cocoa beans,” reports Steven Wallace, President of The Omanhene Cocoa Bean Company.
Beyond Fair Trade
There is much confusion surrounding the term “fair trade”. It can mean different things to different people with different organizations touting different certification credentials. For a brief time, Omanhene was certified by perhaps the most recognized fair trade certification organization in the US. As founder of Omanhene, I’m asked, on occasion, why we … Read more