I know this is not food related, but I’d like to take a moment to shine a light on a serious topic: human trafficking. A few months back, my friend Jonathan Sipola helped start My Sister, a benefit corporation dedicated to help end human trafficking (Not familiar with benefit corporations? You can read more about B Corps here). Did you know that there is an estimated 27 million adults and 13 million children around the globe who are victims of trafficking? Researchers estimate that more than 80% of trafficking victims are female, and over 50% of human trafficking victims are children. The FBI estimates that over 100,000 children and young women are trafficked in America TODAY. They range in age from nine to 19, with the average being age 11.* These statistics make my stomach turn. And honestly, reading about it makes me feel incredibly hopeless. How can we change any of this? While this problem seems absolutely overwhelming, there are some small things we can do. First, we can choose to not look away and ignore the problem. Educating ourselves will help make us aware of what is happening in our country, and [...]
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