In this incisive book, Kristy Leissle reveals how cocoa, which brings pleasure and wealth to relatively few, depends upon an extensive global trade system that exploits the labor of five million growers, as well as countless other workers and vulnerable groups. The reality of this dramatic inequity, she explains, is often masked by the social, cultural, emotional, and economic values humans have placed upon cocoa from its earliest cultivation in Mesoamerica to the present day. Tracing the cocoa value chain from farms in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Caribbean, through to chocolate factories in Europe and North America, Leissle shows how cocoa has been used as a political tool to wield power over others. Cocoa’s politicisation is not, however, limitless: it happens within botanical parameters set by the crop itself, and the material reality of its transport, storage, and manufacture into chocolate. As calls for justice in the industry have grown louder, Leissle reveals the possibilities for and constraints upon realising a truly sustainable and fulfilling livelihood for cocoa growers, and for keeping the world full of chocolate.
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- Better pay for farmers
- Sustainably crafted
- Expertly curated
- Ingredients traced from farm to bar
- Safe and secure checkout
- Made to be savoured
Why buy craft chocolate from Cocoa Runners?
A conscious choice that’s more than fair.
Learning about the origins of growers and makers is just the start. Cocoa Runners craft chocolate supports sustainable environmental, financial, and social ecosystems for growers and their communities.
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Taste, savour and share craft chocolate that will not only take you on a journey from farm to bar, but will enable you to explore fascinating flavour and eating experiences. Made better, for better taste.
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