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Candy company Mars uses cocoa harvested by kids as young as 5 in Ghana: CBS News investigation

Por: CBS News Politics November 30, 2023

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In the blistering heat, CBS News found children in Ghana as young as 5 years old using machetes nearly as big as themselves to harvest the cocoa beans that end up in some of America's most-loved chocolates. Our team traveled across Ghana's remote cocoa belt to visit small subsistence farms that supply the U.S. chocolate giant Mars, which produces candies including M&Ms and Snickers. We found children working at each one of the farms... + full article



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