Dear Green American, Valentine's Day chocolate with child labor, deforestation, and toxic pesticides? No, thanks! Take a pass on big name chocolate and take action instead. After decades of corporate promises to end child labor in cocoa, there has been very little progress, AND exposure to toxic pesticides has increased. Despite chocolate being a $100 billion per year industry, cocoa farmers make less $1 per day. This inequality and destruction must end. We are calling on the largest chocolate companies, including Nestlé, Hershey, and Godiva, to end child labor, pay farmers a living income, rapidly reduce pesticide usage, and stop deforestation! |