In the week that the World Cocoa Foundation (WCF) announced joint action plans with Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire to end deforestation in the cocoa sector, WCF president Rick Scobey talked exclusively to CN ahead of the CMAA’s conference in Miami on why it...
Milestone initiative to end cocoa deforestation follows extensive consultations with stakeholders, including cocoa and chocolate companies, farmer groups, environmental organizations, and development partners.
As part of the She Deserves campaign to highlight the role of women on cocoa farms, Fairtrade Foundation unveiled a secret hot chocolate salon in East London and hosted a reception at the House of Parliament.
A new study suggests that carob powder may provide a cheaper alternative to cocoa powder in muffins by helping to reduce sugar, and increase phytosterol and isoflavone levels.
The $90m deal will satisfy the increasing customer demand for full integration within the cocoa supply chain by combining the two groups, says Olam Cocoa.
Cédric van Cutsem, associate director of Mondelēz’s Cocoa Life, operations, and its main spokesperson on deforestation, talks exclusively to CN from the Chocoa Conference in Amsterdam on how the program is making a difference since it was introduced almost...
Dr John Sentamu says it is ‘shameful and inexcusable’ that cocoa farmers are living on as little as 75p a day and backs The Fairtrade Foundation’s new report to increase living incomes in line with UN’s Global Goals to end poverty.
The seventh Chocoa Conference in Amsterdam got straight down to business on the opening day, with discussions ranging from deforestation, child labor and famer incomes.
Sophie Jewett lives and breathes chocolate. From starting out by making chocolate in her kitchen 10 years ago to opening the York Cocoa House, then York Cocoa Works, she is continuing the city’s rich tradition of cocoa manufacturing and keeping it at...
