Biography of a Chocolate Bar
To return to our opening story, consider writing a biography of a chocolate bar? Buy one and put it on your desk. What are the ingredients? Where do they come from? Start with cocoa, the primary ingredient, and Côte d’Ivoire, which produces more than 40% of the worlds cocoa. Ask yourself the following questions:
What are the working and living conditions of the people who produce the cocoa?
How is it produced? Are child laborers involved?
How do the producers get the cocoa to the market?
How are prices set?
Which international corporations dominate the chocolate trade?Who regulates it?
How is chocolate marketed?
Where did you buy it?
How much profit does a store owner make on a bar of chocolate?
Are there hidden cost that are not included in the price you paid? Consider under payment of labor; environmental impact; government subsidies that are direct (to the company) and indirect (infrastructure such as roads, ports, bridges, and water systems) ; and the health care costs created by harvesting transporting processing or eating the food? How are these costs obscured?
Due Sun 11/18 @ 11:59 pm
UPDATE: due Sun. April 28, 2019 @ 11:59PM






