Deforestation & child labour in cocoa industry.

http://www.mightyearth.org/germany-calls-for-eu-regulations-to-address-deforestation-and-child-labour-in-cocoa-industry/

http://www.mightyearth.org/germany-calls-for-eu-regulations-to-address-deforestation-and-child-labour-in-cocoa-industry/

http://www.mightyearth.org/germany-calls-for-eu-regulations-to-address-deforestation-and-child-labour-in-cocoa-industry/

 

Venezuela cocoa growers fear new pest: the government | Reuters

SAN JOSE DE BARLOVENTO, Venezuela (Reuters) – Venezuela cocoa trader Freddy Galindo has battled highway robberies, kidnappings of family members and declining quality in his 19 years exporting the nation’s legendary beans.

https://www.reuters.tv/v/PNxS/2018/12/28/venezuela-cocoa-growers-fear-new-pest-the-government

via Venezuela cocoa growers fear new pest: the government | Reuters

 

Chocolate makes no exception

“Of all the different transformations we call cooking, I think fermentation is the most miraculous, and the most mysterious. That is because it doesn’t involve any applied heat at all.

This is food and drink made strictly through the action of bacteria and fungi. They perform all the transformations that normally we need heat to make happen.

People don’t realize, as they walk through the supermarket, how many fermented foods are there”. – Michael Pollan

Chocolate makes no exception!

Fermenting the cocoa beans anywhere from 3 to 7 days is a crucial step in the making of any chocolate product because it has a HUGE influence on how the chocolate will taste, and how its intrinsic flavors and aromas develop.

source: the chocolate journalist

 

What kind of income are these growers earning?

via The challenging lives of the world’s cocoa growers | PBS NewsHour

 

Ghana’s Illegal Galamsey Gold Mining Affecting Cocoa Farmers, Chocolate Supply

via Ghana’s Illegal Galamsey Gold Mining Affecting Cocoa Farmers, Chocolate Supply

 

It takes a lot of work to make your favorite food.

 

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via How is Chocolate Made? – Bar & Cocoa

 

Cocoa sustainability drive must look beyond cocoa: Chocoa director

via Cocoa sustainability drive must look beyond cocoa: Chocoa director

 

Hawaii chocolate is the rarest in the world

via Hawaii chocolate is the rarest in the world | Hawaii Magazine

 

Looking to improve your understanding of cacao and chocolate?

via How to Evaluate Cacao & Chocolate – Perfect Daily Grind

 

…real challenges faced in the effort to make cocoa sustainable.

via The Slow Melt op Instagram: “Sako Warren talks about seemingly simple but very real challenges faced in the effort to make cocoa sustainable. • • “Simran, I’m talking…” • Instagram