How Ethical Is Your Chocolate?

Sustainable Minimalists

Bleav + Stephanie Seferian

Leisure, Parenting, Kids & Family, Home & Garden

4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 24 January 2023

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

Ah, chocolate. While those decadent brown rectangles enjoy near-universal consumer love, the reality is far less sweet: Chocolate is one of the most unethical and unsustainable foods we eat. We can continue to enjoy chocolate by purchasing smarter. Today's show is Part 1 in a 2-part series about chocolate, and today - just in time for Valentine's Day! - we unearth the ethical and environmental implications associated with harvesting cacao on the global scale (I've also included 7 tips for being a conscious chocolate consumer, too). Here's a preview: [4:00] Machetes, pesticides, and kids: Child labor and slavery in the cacao industry [11:00] The environmental problems associated with monocultures [16:00] Some good news: 5 promising updates from the cacao industry [17:30] How to enjoy chocolate by purchasing with intention: 7 ideas Resources mentioned: Episode #187: Palm Oil 101 Well + Good's list of sustainable and ethical chocolate companies Our Sponsors:* Thank you to LifeStraw! https://lifestraw.com/Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/sustainable-minimalists/exclusive-content

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0:00.0	It has been a summer of self-care over here. I'm talking lots of hikes, lots of beach trips with the
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1:00.9	Well,
1:03.2	hello listeners, welcome back. My name is Stephanie Safarian and you're
1:06.8	listening to episode 338 of sustainable minimalist
1:10.7	at twice weekly show about intentional and eco-minimalist living.
1:15.0	On today's show we are kicking off Chocolate Week in which we are covering my favorite food group
1:21.2	in not one but two episodes. After listening to these two
1:26.5	episodes on chocolate I am confident you will be able to impress all your
1:30.8	friends with your superior knowledge about chocolate, yes.
1:34.3	But more importantly I am very confident that you will be able to purchase chocolate
1:38.9	with more intention because you'll be armed with the knowledge you need to make ethical and
1:44.6	environmental chocolate purchasing decisions. So a big thank you to listener
1:50.0	Kathleen from New Zealand who's suggested I cover this issue on the show.
1:56.0	Before we get into today's episode I just want to lay out the groundwork of what we're doing today and what we're doing on Thursday.
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