Our Weekly Newsletter

It’s Our Problem

We have seen countless documentaries, news stories, and reports about forced labor in the global food supply chain.

In the U.S., the government cringes at the thought of trading with other countries that condone forced labor. Recently the Department of Homeland Security announced two additional Chinese companies that the U.S. will not allow imports from due to forced labor violations. 

There are many organizations — ours included — who will tell you to buy fair trade chocolate because of the egregious human rights violations in the Ghana cocoa fields.

And while we point out these human rights violations across the world, we need to be pointing them out right here, too.