Where to Buy Fair Trade Certified Chocolate

Ithaca Fine Chocolates—Art Bar  Ithaca was the FIRST fair trade certified chocolate in the U.S  Ithaca creates only fair trade and organic chocolates  A minimum of 10% or Art Bar’s sales benefit local and global artists as well as art education programs

Binny's: 213 W. Grand; 312.332.0012 Bouffe: 2312 W. Leland Avenue, 773.784.2314 Hannah's Bretzel: 180 W. Washington, 312.238.9636 Posters Plus: 200 S. Michigan Ave., 312.461.9277

Or go online at http://ithacafinechocolates.com/artbars1.html

Dean’s Bean’s—Java Drops  Dean’s Bean’s focuses on high quality, fairly traded coffee but also offers milk and dark chocolate Java Drops!

Dean’s Bean’s products are available at Whole Foods and at www.deansbeans.com

Equal Exchange— Various chocolate Bars  The bars combine famous Swiss standards in chocolate making with cocoa from the farmer cooperatives CONACADO, in the Dominican Republic, and CACVRA, in Peru  Equal Exchange chocolate is also made with Fair Trade sugar from Paraguay and Costa Rica as well as with milk (in the Milk Chocolate) from a cooperative in the U.S

Equal Exchange products are available in cafes, co-ops, supermarkets, and natural food stores throughout the United States. In Chicago, Whole Foods is an Equal Exchange retailer.

Or go online at http://eeretail.stores.yahoo.net/

Faith Based organizations can purchase Equal Exchange chocolate wholesale at http://equalexchange.stores.yahoo.net/

Divine Chocolate – Various chocolate Bars  Cocoa growers pooled resources to set up Kuapa Kokoo, a farmers' co-operative that would trade its own cocoa so it could get a better price on the market for the cocoa and could help them improve their lives.  At their 1997 AGM the farmers decided to create a chocolate bar of their own, and with support from Twin Trading, Comic Relief, the Body Shop and Christian Aid, they set up The Day Chocolate Company.  Divine, Dubble and A fair deal for cocoa growers logos are registered trade names and trade marks of The Day Chocolate Company. Buy Divine through Whole Foods or online at http://www.divinechocolate.com/hi.html

Shaman Chocolates - Various chocolate bars

All proceeds go to the Huichol Indians Buy Shaman at http://www.shamanchocolates.com/VP-ASP/shopdisplaycategories.asp

A variety of fair trade certified chocolate is available at New Leaf Grocery, Trader Joe’s, Sunflower Market, Wild Oats and other specialty shops. Know of another fair trade certified chocolate retailer? Send us their information! Liann.adamczyk@gmail.com or njones@chicagofairtrade.org