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fromFortune
3 days ago

Meet the African cocoa farmers who are letting their crops rot because the commodity price has fallen so much | Fortune

With less money coming in, the 52-year-old Fofie in Ghana has taken the desperate step of giving part of his land to illegal sand miners, a lucrative practice driven by high construction demand since sand is used in concrete. The cost is severe, however: the sand mining makes the land infertile.
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fromBusiness Insider
2 months ago

How one chocolatier survived when cocoa prices soared

Mr. Bucket Chocolaterie uses whole-cacao processing and automation to offset rising cocoa costs while paying premium to Southeast Asian farmers and elevating Asian chocolate quality.
Food & drink
fromwww.theguardian.com
4 months ago

If you use chocolate, you're in crisis': the surprise ingredients being used to beat costs

Companies are creating cocoa-free chocolate using rice and fermented cereals to reduce reliance on cacao amid rising prices and climate-driven supply pressures.
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