Ithaca Fine Chocolates is the first U.S. chocolate company to offer Fair Trade Certified chocolates. ALL of our products are Fair Trade Certified. Fair Trade fosters self-reliance in small-scale cocoa farmers, which effectively raises their living standards.

Practices include:

-guaranteeing consistent and equitable prices to farmers despite the volatile cocoa market

-improving social conditions in producers' communities by enabling them to afford basic health care and education

-ensuring no forced child labor

-promoting sustainable, shade-grown, organic farming techniques that safeguard both the environment and the livelihood of the producers

-helping to establish and support farmer-owned, democratic cooperatives

Art Bars are Fair Trade Certified by TransFair USA. Learn more about Fair Trade at fairtradecertified.org.

Other Links:

Seven Fairness Principles, Internationalecon.com.

Oxfam's Report on Nestles'$6 Million demand.

Food For Thought: Cocoa, Worldshops.com.

2001 International Cocoa Agreement, Third World Newtork.

1993 International Cocoa Agreement (.pdf).

Tropical Agricultural Research and Higher Education Center.