Farms: Visiting a Western Africa Cocoa Farm in Ghana

EYE OPENER! Two Nations: Ghana and Ivory Coast in Western Africa produce 70% of the planets Cocoa. Here, I am visiting a small cocoa farm in the jungles of the Western Region of Ghana. Without any machinery aid, these simple farmers grow, cut, and transport cocoa pods and then open each one manually, and remove every bean manually by hand. After roasting them in the sun, they sell them to dealers for a price determined by weight. The average earning for one of these cocoa farming FAMILIES is less than $2 US dollars a day. They sleep in nearby mud-huts without electricity or running water. Keep that in mind next time they are drizzling chocolate on top of your $6 Starbucks Frappuccino. ❤️🇺🇸🇬🇭 #Ghana #Cocoa