Got An Appetite for Cocoa?

You are not alone. The world's appetite for cocoa is booming, yet cocoa farmers around the world often struggle to make a living.

July is National Parks & Recreation Month. Take a break while on a local trail or hiking in one of our national parks. Reward yourself. Feel good about your break knowing your snack is creating change. Fairtrade Chocolate supports the National Park Foundation with a portion of their proceeds.

Cocoa is a highly prized commodity creating widespread poverty, deforestation, gender inequality, child labor and forced labor in the cocoa sector.

Fairtrade is helping to change the cocoa business for the better in a number of ways. When you choose Fairtrade cocoa and chocolate, you are supporting this drive for change.

• Fairtrade cocoa farmers are paid a Fairtrade Minimum Price for their goods, which acts as a safeguard when market prices drop. Organic production is incentivized with a higher Minimum Price.

• On top of the Minimum Price, farmer organizations also receive a Fairtrade Premium which they invest in projects of their choice. Many farmers have used the Premium to improve their businesses and production, replacing old trees and investing in better facilities for crop collection, storage and transport, or processing.

• The confectionary industry is highly consolidated, and Fairtrade works with key industry players to enable them to source large volumes of sustainably produced cocoa. More sales mean more benefits for farmers.

• Fairtrade is also pushing the envelope to establish living incomes for small-scale farmers. If we want cocoa in the future, cocoa farmers need to earn a decent and viable living from their work.

• By supporting smallholder farmers to organize themselves into small producer organizations – such as cooperatives and associations – farmers can negotiate better terms of trade and reach wider markets.

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