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How do companies get Fair Trade cocoa?

April 26, 2017Cocoa companies fair Trade

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How do companies get Fair Trade cocoa?

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Fair Trade cocoa is produced by democratic cooperatives representing more than 42,000 small-scale farmers from 9 countries in West Africa and Latin America. TransFair USA connects companies with Fair Trade cooperatives. In 2000, Fair Trade cocoa co-ops produced 89 million pounds of cocoa, but sold only 3 million pounds at Fair Trade prices. US chocolate companies could buy this Fair Trade cocoa right now if they would only trade some of their profits for struggling producers.