Child Slavery in Food Production

[JohnL]

Thanks for posting a link to that interesting article, John.

I wonder how the civil war in Cote d'Ivoire and the country's de facto division into a southern part controlled by the government and a northern part controlled by an opposition army has affected the practice of slavery in the cocoa industry.

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Thanks Pan!

I really would not have learned much about this awful situation were it not for eGullet.

We rarely look into the whole situation in these things--the issue of slavery in Chocolate production is very complex.

I am sure that civil war is part of this situation--any upheaval can promulgate practices like slavery.)

Regardless of all the complexities--what I keep coming back to is the horrific cruelty (how human beings can treat each other).

Let's hope that enough of us act responsibly here and help those who are trying to eradicate the child slavery problem.