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Tropical Gardening: Celebrate Hawaii Island chocolate next week

West Hawaii Today 20 Apr 2024

Stephanie Beeby, event chairperson, says the main purpose of the festival is to educate the general public, cacao farmers and potential cacao farmers on growing, processing and marketing our local chocolate.

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Let’s Talk Food: Big Island Chocolate Festival

West Hawaii Today 16 Apr 2024

You can see for yourself just how a cacao bean turns into delicious chocolate ... So it is nice to see that the cacao tree grows well on this island and has become a viable agricultural industry! Buying local is a great way to keep this industry going.

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New restaurant opening in Asheville's downtown food hall: Here's what's on the menu

Citizen Times 16 Apr 2024

Also, morning diners may order a granola yogurt bowl made with a Greek yogurt base and topped with coconut cacao granola, house almond butter, local fruit and honey ... chili aioli and local lettuce.

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Hopes of long term decent returns for Pacific cacao farmers

RNZ 15 Apr 2024

What happens throughout the Pacific, apart from Samoa, who use their own cacao and have their own local market ... that into the pile of bubbling cacao or chocolate and we make local Milo in effect.

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PLDT, Smart collaborators lift Davao's cacao farmers, agropreneurs

Sun Star 08 Apr 2024

Through DFP, PLDT, Smart and DA-ATI will train cacao farmers and MSMEs supported by the local cacao councils on various digital tools and technologies, while MEDA will focus on environmentally sustainable agriculture practices.

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Unlocking its sweet potential: A new chapter for cacao in Tanay, Rizal

The Manila Times 30 Mar 2024

Equipped with state-of-the-art postharvest processing equipment and supported by comprehensive training programs, the center promises to empower local farmers and raise the quality of cacao products.

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Baron Hasselhoff's: the art and craft of great chocolate

RNZ 30 Mar 2024

Listen duration 16′ .45″ Add to playlistPlaylist ... Listen ... Sustainability is a key part of the business and McErlane says they try to source locally as much as possible. "We're really lucky in New Zealand that in the Pacific they grow amazing cacao ... ....

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Global 'chocolate crisis' hits New Jersey. Will it affect Easter candy?

app 21 Mar 2024

The shortage of cocoa affects local ... Local chocolatiers, then — whether they're in search of the cacao bean (like Vesta), or the cocoa from the processing plants — can't fulfill their supply needs.

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Global chocolate 'crisis' hits New Jersey. Will it affect Easter candy?

My Central Jersey 21 Mar 2024

The shortage of cocoa affects local ... Local chocolatiers, then — whether they're in search of the cacao bean (like Vesta) or the cocoa from the processing plants — can't fulfill their supply needs.

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Quirino seeks coffee, cacao industry devt

The Manila Times 20 Mar 2024

TO enhance the local coffee and cacao industry in Quirino, the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) office in the province took proactive steps by convening stakeholders through the Coffee and Cacao Industry Meeting held on March 13, 2024.

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‘Mystical Chocolate Masquerade’ set for April

West Hawaii Today 18 Mar 2024

The mission and goal of KCA is to promote the cacao industry on the Hawaii Island by presenting the Big Island Chocolate Festival as an educational and outreach opportunity for local cacao farmers, the hospitality industry and cacao enthusiasts.

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Exquisito Chocolates in Miami to Expand and Sell Craft Ice Cream

Miami New Times 18 Mar 2024

Her first brick-and-mortar location opened in Little Havana in 2018, where she made and sold single-origin chocolate with ethically sourced cacao from seven different farms in Latin America and the Caribbean.

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Scientists Map the Genetic Evolution of Cacao to Chocolate

Ancient Origins 09 Mar 2024

A team of archaeologists has now tracked the origins and dispersion of the cacao tree ... cacao species, as previously reported4, are indicated at the right top of the figure and their native areas localized in the map with the corresponding colors.

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The Topanga Farmers Market is back. To find it, head for the hills

The Los Angeles Times 08 Mar 2024

... from established regional veterans to hyper-local growers based in Topanga Canyon ... Many are hyper-local ... Another local family business, Malibu's Happy to Be Here, sold its adaptogenic cacao blends.

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Agri dep’t revitalizes local cacao industry (Department of Agriculture of the Republic of the Philippines)

Public Technologies 06 Mar 2024

The Department of Agriculture shall focus on the revitalization of the local cacao industry, through its High Value Crops and Development Program (HVCDP) and other operating units ... for the local cacao.