Does chocolate affect the environment

Answer 1

Depending upon whether the chocolate is organic or not, is how big the impact is. If the chocolate is fair trade then the environmental impact will be able to be kept to a minimal. The communities producing the chocolate are able to afford less harmful pesticides while still having a better chance at an education. If the chocolate is organic then there will be no environmental impact other than the coca beans themselves being harvested. The farmers do not use any pesticides as this can result in a better quality of chocolate.

Answer 2

I don't think it does affect the environment at allIf you think about it, the natural places is where the cocoa beans are grown, rainforests, and then after that it doesn't have much to do with the environment. The only thing that could affect it would be the shipping and travelling but i don't think that would affect it that much!

Answer:

Chocolate (or at least the farming of crops to produce chocolate) produced a variety of problems:

• land is taken out of food production to produce non food products
• native land is converted to agricultural lands disrupting ecosystems
• fertilizers and pesticides are introduced into the environment
• staff tending the crops are exposed to pesticides and other unsafe work practices
• monoculture crops are established which may sustain diseases
• the labour force often is paid subsistence wages or lives in conditions of near slavery
• child labour is often used in production

Answer 3

I would like to know the same answer, however i don't think it does affect the environment at all:) If you think about it, the natural places is where the cocoa beans are grown, rainforests, and then after that it doesn't have much to do with the environment. The only thing that could affect it would be the shipping and travelling but i don't think that would affect it that much! Hope this helped:)