Seven years after the industry agreed to abolish child labor, little progress has been made. Seventy percent of the world's cocoa beans are grown in West Africa, where working and living ...

The end result is an inhumane system in which farmers rely on child labor to harvest cocoa beans – a system that is fueled by traffickers who transport children to cocoa-growing regions across ...

Mars, the candy company known for popular brand names such as M&Ms and Snickers, allegedly uses cocoa that is harvested by children as young as five.

Farming families will be paid for the quantity and quality of cocoa beans they produce as well as for providing benefits to the environment and local communities.

Non-virtual Reality: Harvesting cocoa beans is a labor-intensive processThe cacao tree is finicky. Although it grows best in hot, humid climes near the equator, it doesn’t tolerate direct sun ...

The group noted that major cocoa suppliers Nestlé, Archer Daniels Midland Co. and Cargill are accused in a lawsuit of benefiting from child slave labor at cocoa bean plantations in Ivory Coast.

He started Cartoons for Change to raise awareness of how low prices pressure small farmers to use cheap child labor to harvest cocoa and coffee beans.

WASHINGTON — The U.S. government and the chocolate industry pledged $17 million on Monday to help end child labor — some of it forced and dangerous — in two African countries where much of ...

Your Halloween Candy’s Hidden Ingredient: Child Slave Labor Chocolate makers say they’re tackling the problem, but progress is scant.

Chocolate is a beloved foodstuff with a nigh incalculable number of beans produced around the world each year. But only one country can produce the most.

The Supreme Court sided with food giants Nestle and Cargill on Thursday and threw out a lawsuit that claimed they knowingly bought cocoa beans from farms in Africa that used child slave labor.

Chocolate’s irresistible flavors depend on the fermentation of cocoa that occurs shortly after harvesting, when beans are piled under banana leaves and left for several days.