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The feel-good guide to indie Australian chocolate – The Guardian
This Easter there is an abundance of ethical, artisan Australian choccy. Lee Tran Lam peels back the foil wrapper to find some of the best
Chocolate delivers happiness in block, bar and Easter-egg form, but it can produce devastating consequences for the people making it.
Cheap chocolate may seem like a tasty treat, but other people and the planet are paying for it, says Jen Lo, the chocolatier behind Meltdown Artisan in Sydney.
The chocolate industry is worth more than $100bn worldwide, but cocoa farmers are paid as little as 40c a day a fraction of the $2.50 a day threshold for extreme poverty. Thats if theyre paid at all; child…
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