...this might be the best way to do it, as the Toronto Star reports:
"Instead of the usual chocolate bar sales... the Grades 7 and 8 students at [Queen Elizabeth Senior Public School in Mississauga] will be selling only fair trade chocolate...
"QE is working with Oxfam Fair Trade, which sells chocolate under the Equita brand name. ...
"The move to fair trade began last spring when a parent on school council made a presentation about the issues surrounding chocolate production. The industry, as has been well-documented in studies and media reports, relies on a network of plantations in developing countries with questionable records on human rights and child labour. Fair trade ensures a better life for those growing the cocoa beans. ...
"'Those kids have a right to go to school, too, not slave away in cocoa plantations,' says Grade 8 student Lucas Petersen."
Nice educational component there.
And yet, the school's still expecting each student to sell a full case of the stuff...
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