Our Commitment to Exploitation-Free Chocolate
Our commitment to establishing a cocoa industry devoid of exploitation is unwavering. This commitment extends beyond our products to the entire chocolate industry. We are dedicated to empowering our cocoa farmers and the surrounding communities. We believe it’s acceptable for children to assist their families on the farm after school and learn about the cocoa growing process. However, everyone must understand where the line is drawn. Certain types of work, such as heavy lifting and working with dangerous tools, are harmful to children. Cooperatives must play their part in taking responsibility to end the cycle of child labor in the chocolate industry.
At Lovely Beans Chocolate, we aim for everyone to be happy with our chocolate, from the farmer and his children to the consumer who buys it. We lead by example as a commercially successful company, showing that chocolate can be produced differently without using forced labor or exploitation.
We invest in long-term partnerships with farmer cooperatives and help them professionalize. We pay cocoa farmers a higher price and invest in agricultural knowledge and training to help them improve farm productivity and earn decent wages. Lovely Beans Chocolate makes all of its products with traceable cocoa.
Lovely Beans Chocolate takes pride in inspiring others to take action to end exploitation. We do this by demonstrating our impact, sharing the lessons we’ve learned, and fostering open conversations–preferably over a few bars of chocolate! We constantly reevaluate our efforts and challenge ourselves to brainstorm other ways to have a greater impact. We invite you to join us in this inspiring journey.
Every purchase of our chocolate bars furthers Lovely Beans Chocolate’s positive impact worldwide. Our chocolate directly supports the livelihood of the thousands of cocoa farmers in our supply chain and their families, enabling farmers to send their children to school, feed their families, and reinvest in their communities.
We cannot change the chocolate industry alone. We want all our friends and loved ones to be aware of inequality in the chocolate industry. Your demand for exploitation-free chocolate is not just a preference; it’s a powerful force for change. If our friends and other retailers actively demand exploitation-free chocolate, chocolate companies will have no choice but to listen and make it happen. The more people who know what’s happening and choose to join us in our mission to change the chocolate industry, the sooner we’ll end the cycle of exploitation together.
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Hours of Operation:
Saturday 10:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Sunday Closed
Monday 9:40 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Tuesday 9:40 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Wednesday 9:40 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Thursday 9:40 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Friday 9:40 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
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Milk Chocolate Almond
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Dark Chocolate Raspberry
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