Another sweet treat comes from BloomsToday. These gourmet sugar cookies decorated as hearts and flowers come in a reusable silver tin. Choose from organic vanilla, chocolate or a lovely mix of vanilla and chocolate. And we all know that Mother’s Day isn’t complete without chocolate. But before we give the gift of the gods, lets not forget that chocolate is often bittersweet.

As a recent article in Fortune called out, many conventional chocolate companies have been found to source their cocoa from farms that lack sound labor laws and environmental policy. Chocolate that is both organic and Fair Trade Certified, however, is guaranteed to come from environmentally conscious farms that harvest in a sustainable manner while following strict humanitarian standards.

Posted on April 28th, 2008 by Olivia Zaleski