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SUMMARY:Meet Your Chocolate Farmer:  The Story Behind Your Treats
DESCRIPTION:Come meet a cacao farmer and a staff member of CONACADO ca
 cao co-op in the Dominican Republic who will share their history. In 1
 988, the cacao industry in the Dominican Republic was dominated by fou
 r major exporters. Most Dominican cacao production was low quality, un
 fermented beans shipped to the United States at low prices. Seven hund
 red small-scale farmers came together to form CONACADO with the goal o
 f producing a higher quality cacao, directly accessing new markets, an
 d getting better prices. Over 20 years later, this small-farmer organi
 zation now has 10,000 farmer members who produce approximately 25% of 
 the cacao exported from the Dominican Republic. The co-operative's suc
 cess in quality improvement and marketing means that the majority of t
 heir cacao has been sold as high quality fermented beans, primarily to
  niche markets: Organic, Biodynamic, and Fair Trade.\n\nRamón Matías
  Frías González is a cacao producer and Secretary of the Board at CO
 NACADO. Basilio Almonte de los Santos is an agronomist and Technical D
 irector at CONACADO’s office in Santo Domingo. They will be joined b
 y members of Equal Exchange, a local Fair Trade organization and proud
  partner of CONACADO.\n\nChocolates and cocoas featuring organic and F
 air Trade cacao from CONACADO’s farmers will be served!\n\nCo-Sponso
 red by Equal Exchange and Fair Trade Boston\n\nFor more information vi
 sit http://neighborsforneighbors.org/events/meet-your-chocolate-farmer
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CATEGORIES:lecture
LOCATION:First Church in Jamaica Plain UU, 6 Eliot Street (Across from
  the monument)
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