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Have a Healthy Fair Trade Halloween!

October 10th, 2007 Posted in Holidays, Organics, This n That

Yikes, how did it get to be October already?? I swore last year that I’d have my fair trade organic chocolates early “next” year. Right. Well, its too hot where we are in NC right now to order anything chocolate unless you do overnight delivery - so there’s still time for procrastinators like you and me.

If buying Fair Trade chocolate hasn’t weighed heavily on your mind, you might want to think about it this year. As far back as Summer 2001, it was reported that the cocoa industry was using child slave labor to pick the cocoa beans on the farms. The number of children slaves forced to work in terrible conditions is around 300,000. The chocolate giants admitted to such and vowed to end the practices but years later, nothing has been done and nothing has been demanded of the chocolate corporations who are still profiting from child slave labor.

It is imperative that we send a message to the chocolate industry that we will not stand for this. Please make sure the chocolate you buy this year is FAIR TRADE! Here is a table of chocolate that is slave free. And if you have the time, send a note to Nestle, M&M and whoever else will listen telling them WHY you won’t purchase their products.

Organic and Fair Trade Halloween Candy

Thompson Candy has organic halloween colored chocolate coins and halloween chocolate pops. Call to order; 1(800)648-4058
They sell retail only through their retail outlet factory store.

College Farm Organic Candies offers a nice assortment of hard candies in many flavors including; vanilla caramel, strawberry cream and their favorite “Naturepops”. You can find where to buy on their site on or try Amazon and veganessentials but they also now have their own online store and a 50count Halloween Lollipop bag (on sale for $5.95 right now);

Peanut Butter cats and Chocolate Bat Cookies by Dancing Deer. Great for if you’re planning on making your own little goodie bags. 28 cookies costs $25 or you can buy them wrapped in pairs; 12 pairs for $20. Some new gifts, including “candy corn” sugar cookies.

Dancing Deer Bakery Dancing Deer Candy Corn Cookies

Sunspire Sundrops (like M&Ms). You can get a box of 24 individual serving bags for $24.00..same price as last year. Sweetened with cane juice and no dyes (beet juice, etc…used for coloring)

Sweet Earth Chocolates
Organic and Fair Traded chocolate coins in wrapped in halloween colors.
Milk chocolate or 65% bittersweet….100pc bag at $22

Sweet Earth Chocolates

Global Exchange’s Fair Trade Halloween Store
Some chocolate coins and a few other halloween treats.

Equal Exchange
Organic fair trade chocolate bars. Ships UPS (so temperature must be below 75 degrees to get delivery)

Endangered Species ChocolateSpecializing in natural, ethically traded sweets, donating 10 percent of its net profits to “help support species, habitat and humanity.”

Endangered Species Halloween Chocolate Bites

A Greater Gift.org is selling Divine Chocolate. A case of 30 bars for $24.50.
Divine Chocolate is a farmer owned fair trade company; http://www.divinechocolateusa.com/about

On top of the children’s slave trade issue, remember that there’s GMOs to contend with. Nestle has admitted to using GMO ingredients in such common items as toll house chocolate chips and Kit Kat bars.
http://www.thegreenguide.com/doc/71/nestle