CHOCOLATE by Nikiya Small https://padlet.com/small_n/xcpxkw9mdtm3 The Sustainable Way en-us 2017-03-23 18:41:56 UTC 2017-03-24 01:12:40 UTC hello@padlet.com CHOCOLATE small_n https://padlet.com/small_n/xcpxkw9mdtm3/wish/162245765 THREE PILLARS]]> 2017-03-23 18:49:30 UTC https://padlet.com/small_n/xcpxkw9mdtm3/wish/162245765 small_n https://padlet.com/small_n/xcpxkw9mdtm3/wish/162248342 2017-03-23 18:58:26 UTC https://padlet.com/small_n/xcpxkw9mdtm3/wish/162248342 PEOPLE small_n https://padlet.com/small_n/xcpxkw9mdtm3/wish/162252993 Farmers provide the hard work and production of cocoa. Chocolate is one of the world’s favorite foods but growing cocoa is a hard task. Fair trade is helping to make it more sustainable. About 6 million farmers who earn their living from growing and selling cocoa beans grow Ninety per cent of the world’s cocoa on small family farms. The primary growing regions are Africa, Asia, and Latin America. The largest producing country by volume is Côte d’Ivoire, which produces around 40% of global supply.

]]> 2017-03-23 19:16:11 UTC https://padlet.com/small_n/xcpxkw9mdtm3/wish/162252993 MONEY small_n https://padlet.com/small_n/xcpxkw9mdtm3/wish/162253479 The international price of cocoa beans is currently rising in response to high demand for cocoa products. As the industry wakes up to a potential long-term shortfall in global supply; disease and age are damaging cocoa trees and the number of farmers is falling because the benefits are so poor that few young people want to stay in the profession - the average age of a cocoa farmer is 50!

Farmers aren’t benefiting sufficiently from the rise in prices and remain in poverty as their incomes fail to keep up with rising production costs and household expenses.

Fair trade helps to make cocoa farming in places like Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana more sustainable through payment of the Fair trade Premium to invest in business or community projects so farmers can better provide for themselves and their communities.

]]> 2017-03-23 19:17:58 UTC https://padlet.com/small_n/xcpxkw9mdtm3/wish/162253479 ENVIRONMENT small_n https://padlet.com/small_n/xcpxkw9mdtm3/wish/162254020 Cocoa trees grow in tropical environments, within 15 to 20 degrees latitude from the equator. The ideal climate for growing cocoa is hot, rainy, and tropical, with lush vegetation to provide shade for the cocoa trees. Cocoa is a delicate and sensitive crop, and farmers must protect trees from wind, sun, pests, and disease. With proper care, cocoa trees begin to yield pods at peak production levels by the fifth year, and they can continue at this level for 10 years. But for all this hard work, cocoa farmers gain very little from a very profitable global cocoa trade.

]]> 2017-03-23 19:19:57 UTC https://padlet.com/small_n/xcpxkw9mdtm3/wish/162254020 small_n https://padlet.com/small_n/xcpxkw9mdtm3/wish/162255556 2017-03-23 19:26:45 UTC https://padlet.com/small_n/xcpxkw9mdtm3/wish/162255556 The Connection small_n https://padlet.com/small_n/xcpxkw9mdtm3/wish/162298838 Each pillar adds a value to the process and are interconnected, however if you had to measure them by importance People would come first as the farmers are an important part of the process. However Money also plays an important part because without it how would the expenses be met. Environment is very important because without the right climate the cocoa would not produce. ]]> 2017-03-24 01:03:52 UTC https://padlet.com/small_n/xcpxkw9mdtm3/wish/162298838