As you show your love to that special someone this Valentine’s Day, why not give a gift that also shows your care for the farmers who cultivate your special gift – chocolate!
The following are some Fair Trade chocolate suppliers:
- Equal Exchange: Equal Exchange has created Big Change since 1986. Our founders envisioned a food system that empowers farmers and consumers, supports small farmer co-ops, and uses sustainable farming methods. They started with fairly traded coffee from Nicaragua and didn’t look back.
- Alter Eco: Alter Eco’s chocolate bars are made in the pure Swiss tradition from Fair Trade and natural ingredients. For these mouthwatering, soul-quenching bars, Alter Eco has selected fair traded ingredients from distant corners of the world: Fair Trade cocoa from Ghana and Bolivia, unrefined organic Fair Trade sugar from the Philippines, as well as Fair Trade cashews, raisins, and fine Arabica coffee beans. Alter Eco chocolate bars are 100% natural and do not contain artificial flavors or sweeteners, chemical additives or emulsifiers.
- Divine Chocolate: Choosing Divine as your chocolate treat is a delicious way of playing your part in a more equitable trading partnership. Divine is the only Fairtrade chocolate company which is 45% owned by the farmers. While Fairtrade ensures farmers receive a better deal for their cocoa and additional income to invest in their community, company ownership gives farmers a share of Divine’s profits and a stronger voice in the cocoa industry. Take their Valentine’s Day Chocolate quiz by clicking here.
