So this Valentine’s Day, stay away from the bitterness. Check out freelance journalist Steffanie Rivers from Dallas TX who plans to go on a chocolate fast from the 1st of February. You can also check out our bittersweet chocolate scorecard before you purchase your sweets this year so that you can go for the sweetest treat. Or join us in sending letters to chocolate companies to stop purchasing cocoa fueled by child labor.

For more information on the use of child labor in the cocoa industry go to http://www.laborrights.org/stop-child-labor/cocoa-campaign.