Added benefit: the shade requirements for Rainforest Alliance Certified coffee and
cocoa farms also happen to produce better tasting beans (who says you can't be both virtuous and indulgent?).
Not exact matches
We will
also reach out to governments in origin countries and work with donors to create an enabling environment for the sustainable replanting of
cocoa farms.
Not only does it offer great taste and the traditional attributes of Swiss chocolate; but our customers can now
also tell end consumers that by enjoying their chocolate, they support sustainable
cocoa farming.
They earn a steady income from selling
cocoa from the
farm, whilst
also using the same land to grow various other food crops for their families.
There will
also be the annual free mass
cocoa spraying exercise, free fertilizer, and other
farm inputs all at the disposal of every farmer.
«It
also signifies the beginning of agricultural revolution in the country as we are seriously bent to ensure massive plantation of cashew,
cocoa, plantain, banana and other agricultural
farm produce across the nation.
Vice President Amissah - Arthur further stated that the NDC government would
also continue to expand and distribute free
cocoa seeding, fertilizers and the spraying of
Cocoa farms to help improve
Cocoa yields.
As a
farming community which engages in
cocoa and crop
farming and
also share borders with la Cote d'Ivoire, the first lady called on the people of Bia West to join forces with government to work together to ensure that
farms are not worked by any labour that is believed to be trafficked or involving child labour.
GREL in a statement
also dispelled reports that it has destroyed some
cocoa farms in those regions to make way for rubber plantations.
Ruggie
also points to the existence of child slaves on
cocoa farms, recklessly polluting mining companies, and many more corporate villains.
Non-organic
cocoa may
also contain residues of the dangerous herbicide glyphosate (the active ingredient in Roundup), among many other biocides used in conventional
farming, so the consumer must take special care to avoid these moral and physiological pitfalls.
Jade Mountain
also runs an organic
farm and there is an on site chocolate laboratory making chocolate from their own estate grown
cocoa trees.
Tesco has
also committed to sourcing all
cocoa in their own label chocolate confectionery products from certified
farms by end of 2018 and all tea by 2020.
The public ledger could
also be a way to demonstrate its commitment to ethically sourced ingredients for menu - items, with the ability to track products such as coffee and
cocoa from
farm to table.