8 months on the ocean: the trade route

Sailing vessel Tres Hombres is on its way to Amsterdam after a nearly 8-month trading voyage around the Atlantic. Just as the sailing habit in the 18th century, the ship will first arrive at the Texel. In Den Helder is a part of her cargo will be unloaded. Then Monday she will continue to sail the old VOC  route to Enkhuizen harbor and Tuesday to Amsterdam. Wednesday, June 6th is the official arrival at Het Scheepvaartmuseum in Amsterdam. The journey began last October in Den Helder. The first ports where the ship passed were in Europe: Brixham, Brest and Porto. For loading and unloading...

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Fair Trade

More than Fair Trade! care for logo's, but don't be lead only by logo's! Unfortunately the cocoa industry is still today an industry where exploitation and slavery and underpaid employment is wide spread. Initiatives are born to produce chocolate called 'towards slavery free chocolate' which are very good to create awareness but they admit themselves it is nowadays almost impossible to be absolutely sure to eat slavery free chocolate if you buy mass market chocolate. The Fair Trade label is a great initiative to create awareness of consumers about the circumstances in the chocolate production...

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