Are AH!LASKA products “fair trade”?
Our organic cocoa is grown in Central America and parts of South America. It is purchased at premium prices and produced to standards that map very closely to globally defined fair trade practices. Many of the growers who supply us with organic cocoa are members of fair trade coalitions within their own countries. We support the principles of fair trade. However, our products do not have fair trade certification. We have learned a great deal from all of our chocolate growers and suppliers during our many years of doing business together. We stand by their statements that they are producing cocoa under fair labor conditions. We all belong to the World Cocoa Foundation and the Chocolate Manufacturer’s Association. These groups are committed to working towards the eradication of “slave labor” conditions in the cocoa trade on a global level.
