was a feast of Chocolate as our speaker was Vlora from Tony’s Chocolonely who told us about the origins of the company in the attempt to stop modern slavery in the farming of Cocoa. 60 % of the world’s cocoa is produced in Ghana and the Ivory Coast with 2.5 million family farms working in the industry, most having to rely on children to work to enable the family to make a living. The company name came from the description of the founder, Teun Van Der Keuken or Tony’s, lonely fight against the big confectionery company’s to improve the lives of the Cocoa farmers and their families.
