Loose the chains of injustice - Isaiah 58:6.
It is the mission of MERCY to loose the chains of injustice by empowering producers with the means to break the cycle of poverty. We can accomplish that mission only if we each do our own small part to
change the bigger picture.
Be informed. Be responsible. Buy fair trade.
Be ready for the holiday baking frenzy by stocking your pantry with fair trade chocolate!!!
Open this baking pre-order document to find all the info and pics of Mercy's Organic, Fair Trade baking essentials. You will also find an order form to email to Brigitte@mercyfairtrade.com
Mercy is now taking pre-orders for Halloween candy!
Open this Halloween pre-order form to find pictures and info about all our delicious chocolate. You will also find an order form for you to cut & paste in an email to Brigitte@mercyfairtrade.com
Please have your orders in by Saturday, October 5th. Your orders will be ready for pick-up at
The Shoppes at Brownstone (2408 W. Abram, 76013) on Friday, October 25th, 3-6pm
or Saturday, October 26th, 10-1pm.
This is Mercy's first Halloween so all of this is new territory. Please be patient with us as we navigate the best way to get our products to you, the responsible consumer.
Fall weather is in the air and that means Halloween will be here before you know it! Time to get the littles' costumes ready, carve those pumpkins, and buy your trick-or-treaters
CANDY, CANDY, CANDY!!!
Instead of stocking up on the cheap, unethical, big brand chocolates you find in every store, how about making a responsible consumer purchase...Fair Trade chocolate! Mercy's been working with our artisans to bring you the very best, organic, Fair Trade chocolate for your little trick-or-treaters.
Here is why Fair Trade matters...
According to Fair Trade International, more than 30 developing countries produce cocoa, providing 14 million people with a livelihood. Around 90% of the cocoa used around the world is sourced from small family farms of less than 5 acres.
"More than three-fourths of all the world's cocoa comes from West Africa – but the entire continent of Africa only accounts for about 3 percent of its consumption." (article by CNN Freedom Project)Places like Ghana and the Ivory Coast where 90% of farmers depend on cocoa as their primary source of income are the very places where child slavery abounds.
Really...child slavery? Yeah, that will leave a bad taste in your mouth. Hershey's, Mars, Nestle...they are all a part of it...and so are you every time you purchase commercial chocolate.
Buying Fair Trade is a vote to end child slavery.
Let me encourage you to make this year a Fair Trade Halloween.
Below is the BBC documentary on the Bitter Truth of the cocoa industry.
