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| Chocolate certified fair trade and organic has environmental and social benefits. |
I love good chocolate, intensely-flavoured dark bars in
particular. I keep the cupboard stocked with what my kids call “Mommy
chocolate” and dole it out a couple of squares at a time. I buy 70 percent or
higher cocoa content and consider it a health food as much as I do a treat
since there is a lot about dark chocolate that is good for you, and a little
bit goes a long way.
I do wonder about what makes chocolate “good.” There is a
social and environmental cost to cocoa bean farming and those effects are
worsening as the world’s appetite for chocolate continues to grow. According to
Mars Chocolate, the demand for cocoa will outstrip global supply (by one
million tons) by 2012. Canadians
eat, on average, 5.5 kg of chocolate per person each year (Source: Fair Trade
Canada).
