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Thursday, June 30, 2011

Greening the Cocoa Industry- Rainforest Alliance


Behind every bar of chocolate made with Rainforest Alliance Certified™ cocoa, there’s a story. The small farmer in Ghana who’s helping to protect his water supply, soil and the butterflies and native plants that live on his land. The cocoa cooperative in Ecuador whose members share knowledge and cocoa-processing equipment, and are thriving economically as a result. The cocoa trader who has developed a new warehousing system to keep his certified cocoa separate, a step toward ensuring that the cocoa that ends up in chocolate bars bearing the green frog seal originates on certified farms.

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