{"id":1725,"date":"2022-04-13T15:59:24","date_gmt":"2022-04-13T19:59:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dougbardwell.com\/sht\/?p=1725"},"modified":"2023-01-04T12:45:42","modified_gmt":"2023-01-04T17:45:42","slug":"before-buying-your-easter-chocolates-check-the-source","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dougbardwell.com\/sht\/index.php\/2022\/04\/13\/before-buying-your-easter-chocolates-check-the-source\/","title":{"rendered":"Before buying your Easter chocolates, check the source"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Just a quick reminder before Easter arrives, that much of the chocolate source is harvested by slave labor &#8211; one of the many types of human trafficking abuses. Another is the prevention of women-owned enterprises.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/yP5NR3BbdKE\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"572\" src=\"https:\/\/dougbardwell.com\/sht\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/220412-Fair-trade-video-1024x572.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1726\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dougbardwell.com\/sht\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/220412-Fair-trade-video-980x548.jpg 980w, https:\/\/dougbardwell.com\/sht\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/220412-Fair-trade-video-480x268.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1024px, 100vw\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Check out this video before you buy, and then have a Happy Easter!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can learn more here at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fairtradeamerica.org\/shop-fairtrade\/fairtrade-products\/chocolate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer 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