Nestle

Just read an article that I'm super excited about.  In my search to find fairtrade chocolate I found out that Nestle is moving toward fair trade- with it's "cocoa project" targeted at getting chocolate through fair trade in the Ivory Coast!! Yeah for my delicious KitKat bars!  They will have the fair trade stamp on all kitkats in the UK and Ireland and are moving toward fairtrade for all their chocolate.

The Beginning

Day 1 of my attempt at keeping us 100% fairtrade, and I feel like I have failed miserably.  Today was the first day of shopping after hearing more about human trafficking and feeling like one way to combat it was with buying only fairtrade items.
I went into town thinking it would be easy, I'd completely eliminate one store, and it would actually simplify things.  Boy was I wrong.  10 minutes in and I am sure I had the deer in the headlights look- shopping becomes completely overwhelming if you are on a strict budget, attempting to use coupons to cut costs, and feeling the strong need to buy only ethically produced and manufactured items.  30 minutes in and I gave up- to a point.  I decided to hold true to the main culprits of human trafficking- coffee, tea, sugar, chocolate, and clothes.
This blog will follow my attempts to get closer to 100%!!