Chocolate is a more than $$100$ billion industry, but its story is not all sweet.

The U$.$S$.$ Department of Labor estimates that $1\mathrm{.}5$ million children still work illegally on cocoa plantations.

Correspondent Seth Doane visits Ghana, where much of the world's cocoa beans are grown, and talks with candymakers who are working to cultivate chocolate free from child labor, and help harvesters earn a living wage.

Please watch the following news story aired on CBS Sunday Morning, on October $8,2023$

"The bittersweet reality behind chocolate"

Discussion Questions

#$1$ What surprised you?

#$2$ Knowing that chocolate is a billion dollar industry and Ghana is a major supplier, what do you think accounts for the poor economic return Ghana is experiencing for its chocolate?

#$3$ If you had the opportunity to create a more equitable trade situation, what would you do$?$ How would you make the selling of Ghanaian chocolate more equitable to the seller?

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