I love M&M's

I love M&M’s! They are by far my favorite candy. I like them with peanuts, almonds, peanut butter, dark chocolate, or just plain old M&M’s. I take them with me on mission trips, vacations, or eat them while studying or writing…especially late at night.

A couple of years ago I was made aware of the slavery problem that the chocolate industry has basically been hiding for years (STOP THE TRAFFIK). Over 10,000 children have been sold into slavery to work in the cocoa fields of Western Africa, namely The Ivory Coast from where nearly half of the world’s chocolate comes. The guy who started this foundation recently spoke at Mars Hill Bible Church in Grand Rapids. I’d encourage you to listen to Steve Chaulke (12 Weeks – Mars Hill).

I kind of divorced myself from any responsibility because fair trade chocolate was so impossible to find. However, in the time since then, it’s now more readily available and even stores like Target are beginning to make it available for consumption. Now it is time for the rubber to meat the road.

For every time I go to purchase my precious M&M’s I will hear a child say, “With every bite of chocolate you eat, you eat my flesh.” I’m going to send Mars a note to let them know of my conviction. Hopefully they will begin to make moral choices about who is supplying them their raw materials. I encourage my chocoholic friends to do the same.