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Lovers of chocolate unite! It's Chocolate week at www. phi bulani. com and www.outofthenorm.biz

We celebrate the bean of the gods!

Early archeology findings, date the discovery of the cultivated cocoa beans by the Mayans, as early as 7th Century AD, along the Yucatan it was a major source of trade even then.

Europeans developed a taste for Cocoa after the Spanish conquistadors brought it to Spain in the 16th century... tho' i would think they only thought to drink it!

The health benefits of cocoa are many!

Our access to cocoa in North America is through trade and commerce.

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In between is the process of cocoa production, 67% of cocoa production comes from West Africa, with 43% from the country of Cote d'Ivoire. Close to 14 million people, in over 30 countries, depend on cocoa production. Around 90% of the world's cocoa supply is grown and harvested in family owned farms with plot sizes of 12 acres or less. Smaller family farms produce an average of 350 pounds of cocoa per acre in a year's harvest, generating an average annual income of US$30-100 per household member.

Cocoa production facts

Unfortunately, so much of the current production of cocoa is currently responsible for at least three atrocities plaguing half the globe, abuses in child labour, child slavery, and trafficking.

We can take action with our purchasing power and be hopeful, please take a moment to sign this petition, by adding your voice to this campaign,and by signing the pledge and petition:

http://voices.worldvision.ca/help_wanted

Please feel free to cut and paste this example and the petition link to friends and family.

Dear ____,

We believe ourselves to be safe and secure, and we demand it for Canadian children. Let’s make that same demand for children around the world. Right now more than 115 million children work in 3D jobs - dirty, dangerous and degrading jobs, including 1.2 million trafficked children. I just signed a petition asking our Prime Minister to help end child slavery. This campaign will only be successful if thousands of Canadians call for an end to child slavery.

Add your voice to this campaign by signing the pledge and petition:

http://voices.worldvision.ca/help_wanted

For readers outside Canada please go to www.change.org to find petitions that will support this effort.

At the links below, you can see the kind of social proof that this kind of small personal effort can make in both ideology and dollars and sense.