Organic Valentine? - Yes Please!

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While millions of people throughout the Americas will be giving

flowers and chocolates this Valentine's Day to their loved ones, few

are aware that these gifts are often tainted by toxic pesticides,

child slavery, and labor exploitation. Commercial flowers are the most

toxic and heavily sprayed agricultural crops on Earth. Flower industry

workers, in nations like Colombia and Ecuador, often young women,

routinely abused and exploited. Forty percent of the world's chocolate

comes from Africa's Ivory Coast, where child slavery is widespread,

and starvation wages are the norm.

 

This Valentine's Day, slam the door on the corporate kingpins of the

global chocolate and flower industry. Show your sweetie, your friend,

or your Mom that you really care by buying Organic and Fair Trade

Valentine's Day chocolate and flowers.

• Watch the OCA's flash animation " SLAMMED " to learn how to avoid

getting slammed by your loved one this Valentine's Day

http://www.organicconsumers.org/valentines/slammed.htm

 

• Send a message to corporations who make record profits on

Valentine's Day by means of toxic pesticides and labor exploitation:

(Nestle, M & M's, Wal-Mart, Dole, & Hershey)

http://www.organicconsumers.org/valentines/alert.htm

• Learn about the issues and find organic and Fair Trade chocolates

and flowers near you http://www.organicconsumers.org/valentines/

• Join the OCA's Breaking the Chains campaign!

http://www.organicconsumers.org/btc.htm