You Can Stop Child Labor

11 Apr 2025 · 1 min

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In this brief advocacy video, the speaker highlights the prevalence of child labor in the cocoa industry, noting that over 1.5 million children work in illegal child labor and that many cocoa farmers earn less than a dollar a day. The speaker then outlines three concrete actions Feastables takes to combat this problem: (1) paying 100 % of its cacao farmers a Fairtrade‑defined living‑income reference price, (2) sourcing 100 % Fairtrade‑certified cacao, and (3) partnering with farms that implement child‑labor monitoring and remediation systems to move children into school. The monologue ends with a direct consumer call‑to‑action, urging viewers to choose Feastables over conventional chocolate as a way to support ethical sourcing.

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There are over 1.5 million kids in child labor so you can eat cheap chocolate. You see, big chocolate pays their farmers so little that they make less than a dollar a day on average. And as a result, 45% of children in cocoa communities work in illegal child labor. And I want to tell you 3 things that Feastables is doing to get these kids out of child labor. First, we pay 100% of our cacao farmers a living income reference price, which is a benchmark set by Fairtrade to ensure farmers earn enough where they can afford housing, food, and other basic necessities. Second, 100% of our cacao is Fairtrade certified, which is the gold standard for ethical certification. They have rigorous standards that protect the livelihoods of small farmers and farm workers. And third, the farms Feastables works with are actively implementing child labor monitoring and remediation systems so the kids can get off the farms and into schools. So the next time you're in an American chocolate aisle, you have a decision to make. Support the status quo, or you can eat Feastables and say enough is enough. You care how your chocolate is sourced.