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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

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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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