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Endangered Species commented on the article |Hey this is a great blog. It is such a shame that so many children around the world enjoy a treat produced by the blood of thousands of children the same age. Something has to be done, and we must all remember that we have a vote with every dollar we spend. If we stop economically supporting products that are produced with child slavery the companies will be forced to change their policies. We here at Endangered Species Chocolate practice what we call ethical trade. This means we do more than pay fair market prices and make sure child labor is not used. We are actively involved in improving the living conditions for our cacao farmers. We accomplish this by installing water pumps and filtration systems as well as donating school and medical supplies. These donations have improved countless lives. I, obviously, encourage you to buy Endangered Species Chocolate, however, if you choose not to for any reason please find a fairly/ethically traded chocolate that you will by. The only way to stop companies from exploiting children is refusing to purchase bloody chocolate. As always...Savor Chocolate. Save Our Planet.
Kyle
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Endangered Species commented on the article |Hey this is a great blog and people do need to keep all of this in mind when shopping. A good thing to look for is a Fairtrade label on the packaging; this means the company Transfair has certified these goods as fairly traded. However, not all companies go the route of a fairtrade certified. For example, Endangered Species Chocolate is what we call "ethically traded." We have chosen this instead of Tansfair's Fairtrade so that we can take a more active role in improving the living conditions for our cocoa farmers. We accomplish this by installing water pumps and filtration systems as well as donating school and medical supplies to the villages near our cocoa farms. All of our cocoa is purchased from small family-owned farms in Africa and South America; this ensures that we not only get the highest quality cocoa bean, but the workers (who are usually family members) are humanly treated and receive fair wages. Thank you all for supporting fair trade products, we must remember that we are voting with every purchase we make. For more information about ESC's mission or our premium chocolate bars visit us at www.chocolatebar.com or email us at community@chocolatebar.com And as always...Savor Chocolate. Save Our Planet.
Kyle
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Endangered Species commented on the article |I would like to sincerely apologize to all that were offended by my post, which included some personal viewpoints that do not necessary reflect the position of Endangered Species Chocolate. I admit even mentioning milk chocolate on this blog was in bad taste. My intent was to share that care is taken to carefully source each ingredient that goes into our chocolate products. In hindsight, I should have simply thanked you for the endorsement and left it at that. To that end, I would like to add that ESC aids various vegan organizations via product donations, such as Vegan Outreach, Animal Acres and Pig Peace Sanctuary. Endangered Species Chocolate is very thankful for the support of the vegan community. Again, I am deeply sorry to have offended so many. I believe maintaining a vegan lifestyle is a very admirable quality and hope that you all can see your way to excusing my ignorance. Thank you and please…Savor Chocolate. Save Our Planet.
Kyle
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Endangered Species commented on the article |
Wow, what a hard-hitting article--your picture truly drives this message home. We here at Endangered Species do offer many varieties of vegan certified dark chocolate, but we do make several milk chocolate bars as well. However, our milk products do not come from the industrial-type farms you describe above. Our cows are milked in the morning and evening, and are free to roam open grazing pastures during the day, and we do not take the calf away from the mother, nor do we instantly kill the calf. Additionally, being the grandson of a farmer, I have some additional knowledge on the positive aspects of milking cows. Cows, over the hundreds of years that they have been domestic animals, have been breed to produce more milk than is necessary to feed their calf, in fact, if a dairy cow is not properly milk it becomes very painful and actually cause agonizing pain for the cow. We understand that this still may be a touchy subject for many people and we encourage you to make the ethical decision that is right for you. We have done everything we can to ensure that all our dairy products come from ethically treated cows and feel that our decisions live up to our moral standards as a company. Remember, those moral standards include purchasing only ethically traded cocoa, from cocoa farms that we have visited and confirmed the humane treatment of the employees and farms. We have also donated thousands of dollars worth of school and medical supplies to the villages that surround these farms, as well as installed numerous water pumps and filtration systems. We donated 10% of our annual net profits to charities that support species, habitat and humanity. With these facts in mind, you can rest assured that we hold ourselves to the highest ethical/moral standards. We appreciate your support and hope that we are living up to your standards as an ethical company. As always...Savor Chocolate. Save Our Planet.
Kyle
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