Happy Easter – and enjoy the chocolate!

Easter Day – celebrated by Christians to mark the resurrection of Jesus – is also marked today by the eating of chocolate eggs.

How did we get here – the egg, of course, marks the beginning of new life, and has been used a symbol for years. For centuries, real eggs have been used – decorated in many ways – and then Faberge made a real art form from them.

But today – certainly in the UK – chocolate is the thing.There’s lots of debate as to whether chocolate is good for you – though pretty much unanimous conclusion that milk chocolate (as we call it) isn’t that much good.

However, there has to be a real question as to whether chocolate is good for the world. Growing demand by the developed world is pushing the planting of more cocoa trees, at the cost of native rain forest, the spread of monoculture and the rise of diseases.

As with all, in moderation, both for our health and the health of the world.

Enjoy!