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<p>Some good news: the Choceur-brand chocolate sold at Aldi is Utz-certified as slavery-free. It is also good chocolate.
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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font style="font-size:11pt" face="Calibri, sans-serif" color="#000000"><b>From:</b> Green <green-bounces@fuusm.org> on behalf of Cindy Taylor via Green <green@fuusm.org><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, September 1, 2016 10:39 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Green Sanctuary UU<br>
<b>Cc:</b> Cindy Taylor<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Green] Chocolate and Slavery</font>
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<div>I just learned something that I thought you'd like to know. Do you love chocolate as much as I do? I've just learned that much of the chocolate available to us is possible because of slave labor. My Quaker friend, Jane Hearne, recently became aware of
this through the work of her daughter, Carrie, who lives on the west coast and works with a delivery business that uses bicycles and is concerned about the companies they support! </div>
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<div>Below is Jane Hearne's email to me, which she encourages us to share :</div>
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<p dir="ltr" style="font-size:12.8px">Here is a link to one of the chocolate / child labor & slavery articles I read. Read and share with others about the power of even just our Halloween candy purchases:</p>
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Here’s a handy guide to help avoid buying Halloween treats produced by child slaves. Americans spend over a billion dollars every Halloween on chocolate, accounting ...</div>
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<p dir="ltr" style="font-size:12.8px">Also see:<a href="http://tonyschocolonely.com/" target="_blank"> tonyschocolonely.com</a>. (one of the companies Carrie works with), and...</p>
<p dir="ltr" style="font-size:12.8px"><a href="http://www.foodispower.org/slavery-chocolate/" target="_blank">http://www.foodispower.org/<wbr>slavery-chocolate/</a></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="font-size:12.8px">This last link leads to the article "Child labor and slavery in the chocolate industry".<br>
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<p style="font-size:12.8px">The information and images in that last article are REALLY worth reading! </p>
<p style="font-size:12.8px"> It was interesting to me to learn more about the Food Empowerment Project and I found their work very significant. From that last article, which is so moving and informative. there is a link to the current listing of world-wide
businesses marketing chocolate an their assessment of which ones they can recommend and do not recommend. </p>
<p><span style="font-size:12.8px"><a href="http://www.foodispower.org/chocolate-list/">http://www.foodispower.org/chocolate-list/</a></span><br>
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<p><span style="font-size:12.8px">Here is the mission of the Food Empowerment Project: copied from this site: <a href="http://www.foodispower.org/about-f-e-p/">http://www.foodispower.org/about-f-e-p/</a></span></p>
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my life to causes of justice, I strongly support Food Empowerment Project’s efforts to connect the issues of justice for farm workers, food, and animals, protecting the environment and providing equal access to healthy foods.”</span><br>
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<span style="border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:700; font-size:inherit; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; margin:0px; padding:0px; vertical-align:baseline">Food Empowerment Project seeks to create a more just and sustainable
world by recognizing the power of one’s food choices.</span> We encourage healthy food choices that reflect a more compassionate society by spotlighting the abuse of animals on farms, the depletion of natural resources, unfair working conditions for produce
workers, and the unavailability of healthy foods in low-income areas.</p>
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By making informed choices, we can prevent injustices against animals, people, and the environment. We also work to discourage negligent corporations from pushing unhealthy foods into low-income areas and empower people to make healthier choices by growing
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Food Empowerment Project is a <a title="F.E.P. Veganism" href="http://www.foodispower.org/veganism/" style="border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-size:inherit; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; margin:0px; padding:0px; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(0,102,204); text-decoration:none">vegan </a>food
justice organization and a registered non-profit 501(c)(3) and was founded in 2006 by lauren Ornelas. Learn more about <a title="F.E.P.’s Board and Advisors" href="http://www.foodispower.org/f-e-p-s-board-and-advisors/" style="border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-size:inherit; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; margin:0px; padding:0px; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(0,102,204); text-decoration:none">the
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Thank you Green Sanctuary friends for making a difference locally and helping us all know and learn more. I appreciate the work and friendships and passions of this group.</p>
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Cindy Taylor</p>
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