https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 04 Apr 2026 08:29:38 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-buy-only-fair-trade-chocolate#post-1179981 Mon, 28 Oct 2013 16:51:19 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 1179981@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Freckles: Ouch! That hurts my heart. I will continue on my quest for a delicious non child labor chocolate! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-buy-only-fair-trade-chocolate#post-1179967 Mon, 28 Oct 2013 16:42:17 +0000 Freckles 1179967@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Jacks: I don't know if you want to know this but WF dropped Scharffen Berger last year because of its child labour issues. I wonder if it was after Hersheys purchased them in mid-2000? I was pretty sad b/c i loved SB chocolate! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-buy-only-fair-trade-chocolate#post-1179903 Mon, 28 Oct 2013 16:15:15 +0000 Mrs. Pen 1179903@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MoonMoon: @edelweiss: I agree on sugar! For this reason among others such as health, I actually mostly avoid processed sugar and buy raw honey locally as well as pure maple syrup and use those for 99% of my sweetening needs. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-buy-only-fair-trade-chocolate#post-1179899 Mon, 28 Oct 2013 16:13:24 +0000 TemperanceBrennan 1179899@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Thanks for all the suggestions! I can't wait to go shopping for all my Halloween candy! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-buy-only-fair-trade-chocolate#post-1179886 Mon, 28 Oct 2013 16:08:39 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 1179886@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I like TCHO and Scharfenberger. I hope those are fair trade! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-buy-only-fair-trade-chocolate#post-1179884 Mon, 28 Oct 2013 16:07:58 +0000 autumnlove 1179884@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't. I need to read about it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-buy-only-fair-trade-chocolate#post-1179883 Mon, 28 Oct 2013 16:06:53 +0000 Arden 1179883@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes I try to, once I read about it on "Rage Against the Minivan" awhile back. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-buy-only-fair-trade-chocolate#post-1179849 Mon, 28 Oct 2013 15:50:54 +0000 Bao 1179849@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have no idea what this even is...I just buy whatever chocolate is on sale at the store. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-buy-only-fair-trade-chocolate#post-1179810 Mon, 28 Oct 2013 15:34:33 +0000 MoonMoon 1179810@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I try really hard to be conscious of fair trade-our coffee and sugar is almost always fair trade, chocolate about half the time (have to work on it!). We also only buy organic bananas. I know there is such a thing as fair trade bananas, but haven't found them around me, organic addresses some of the issues. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-buy-only-fair-trade-chocolate#post-1179795 Mon, 28 Oct 2013 15:28:21 +0000 LuLu Mom 1179795@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Is it bad that this has never crossed my mind, like I had no idea this was an issue? I feel so naive now! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-buy-only-fair-trade-chocolate#post-1179708 Mon, 28 Oct 2013 14:58:17 +0000 TemperanceBrennan 1179708@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@edelweiss: There were clips on the <a href="http://www.rageagainsttheminivan.com/2013/10/the-inconvenient-truth-about-halloween.html">blog</a> from a BBC documentary and it is horrible and very sad. I had no idea, but I can't put my head in the sand now.<br /> I'll have to check out that sugar documentary too. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-buy-only-fair-trade-chocolate#post-1179537 Mon, 28 Oct 2013 14:21:20 +0000 googly-eyes 1179537@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@blackbird: same here.</p> <p>I also buy newmans coffee and I have no idea if that's fair trade or not.. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-buy-only-fair-trade-chocolate#post-1179529 Mon, 28 Oct 2013 14:19:49 +0000 blackbird 1179529@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Not unless Hershey's and Reese's is Fair Trade </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-buy-only-fair-trade-chocolate#post-1179505 Mon, 28 Oct 2013 14:13:33 +0000 looch 1179505@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I thought about it, but no, I do not. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-buy-only-fair-trade-chocolate#post-1179504 Mon, 28 Oct 2013 14:13:31 +0000 edelweiss 1179504@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>not always, just sometimes. we really like equal exchange bars. we do always get fair trade sugar--there was a documentary about sugar plantations and it was horrible. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-buy-only-fair-trade-chocolate#post-1179499 Mon, 28 Oct 2013 14:11:50 +0000 Freckles 1179499@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I like Green &amp; Black's chocolate.<br /> <a href="http://fairtrade.ca/en/news-views/news/green-and-blacks-go-100-percent-fairtrade" rel="nofollow">http://fairtrade.ca/en/news-views/news/green-and-blacks-go-100-percent-fairtrade</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-buy-only-fair-trade-chocolate#post-1179466 Mon, 28 Oct 2013 14:03:38 +0000 mediagirl 1179466@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nah, I just love too many different types of chocolate bars to worry about it. I'm also a cheapskate so, I buy the off-brand chocolate for baking. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-buy-only-fair-trade-chocolate#post-1179394 Mon, 28 Oct 2013 13:43:05 +0000 allison 1179394@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I try to, yes. Theo chocolate bars are my favorite! AlterEco is a good brand, as well. It's more expensive, sure, but it's not like I eat a bar a day. So it's like $10 more a month--totally doable. AlterEco sells chocolate, quinoa, rice, and sugar: four of the most important goods to buy fair trade. Coffee is a fifth, for sure. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-buy-only-fair-trade-chocolate#post-1179289 Mon, 28 Oct 2013 13:22:25 +0000 Mrs. Oatmeal 1179289@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This is something I've been meaning to investigate. Because I bake so much, I go through a TON of chocolate. I'll really need to weigh the options and cost differences. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-buy-only-fair-trade-chocolate#post-1179284 Mon, 28 Oct 2013 13:20:48 +0000 Mrs. Pen 1179284@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I try really hard to! Trader joes and whole foods sell it. It's a little more expensive but in my mind, worth it. I also only purchase fair-trade cocoa to bake with.</p> <p>I also only buy fair-trade coffee. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-buy-only-fair-trade-chocolate#post-1179277 Mon, 28 Oct 2013 13:19:53 +0000 TemperanceBrennan 1179277@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was reading one of the blogs I regularly follow and she posted about the prevalence of child labor in the cocoa farms and the US companies that use them to make the candy bars we know and love. </p> <p>It got me seriously thinking about it, and I think I'm going to try to only buy fair-trade chocolate from now on (in addition to the fair trade coffee we already buy). </p> <p>Do you buy fair trade chocolate? Any recommendations? </p>