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Happy Fair Trade Month! October 3rd, 2008
Celebrate With Chocolate
Happy Fair Trade Month! This October, as you stock up for Halloween and heading into the holidays, consider what Fair Trade means to you: Fair Trade certification is, according to Transfair USA, “a market-based model of...more
Green Your Sweet Tooth October 1st, 2008
Where To Find Organic, Fair Trade Chocolate
Hershey’s is “milk chocolate” no more; now it’s “chocolate candy” instead, because the company replaced the cocoa butter with vegetable oil in an attempt to reduce costs. But, as Eat. Drink. Better. reported, Hershey’s has...more
Hot Chocolate: The Wedding Favors That Save the Planet May 19th, 2008
Endangered Species Chocolate Does it All...Seriously
This is one of the best ideas I've seen yet for a pre-made green wedding favor: Endangered Species Chocolate. The company donates 10% of profits to protect "species, habitat and humanity," and they are partnered...more
Wanna Get Lucky? Look for (Fair Trade) Chocolate April 14th, 2008
Local Organic Chocolatier Makes Tastiest Sweets Around
Meet Rae Stang, owner and head chocolatier of Lucky Chocolates, a sweet shop that combines fair trade chocolate, local ingredients, and good old fashioned charm to produce some of the tastiest sweets around. See more videos...more
Cocoa Crisis Averted: Valentine's Day Saved February 14th, 2008
How Cadbury and Mars are Working to Safeguard Your Chocolate Fix
There's an article about cocoa farming—something nearer and dearer to our hearts the closer it gets to February 14th -- in The Economist this week, In January, Cadbury Schweppes, the company that brought you the...more
$100 Laptops -- You Can Make Sure Every Child Has One February 11th, 2008
Chocolate Power -- In Your Gas Tank
Snazzy $100 laptops for every child -- you can make it happen. Extreme hotels -- you ever dream of sleeping in a recycled sewage pipe? Chocolate power fuels a truck from England to Timbuktu --...more
Dinner With Dave is Delightful (and Organic) January 23rd, 2008
Reality Series #3
Dinner with my “green” architect Dave was delightful. I managed to choke down some chickpeas and even chew them! I must really like this guy. After dinner we sat by the fire and he made us...more
