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Lessons for Craft Chocolate from Specialty Coffee, Fine Wine, Artisan Cheese and our other peers

An Empowering Chocopreneurs Webinar Presented by Cocoa Runners founder Spencer Hyman Please note that this webinar will not be recorded. You will need to attend the event live. No link will be prov...

2023 Empowering Chocopreneuers Networking Event

Join us for CocoaTown's 2023 Empowering Chocopreneuers Networking Event. It will be an interactive experience filled with community, collaboration, and engaging conversations. Your peer network can...

Meet Nettie Atkisson

After graduating with a BFA in photography, Nettie moved to New York City to do an internship with Maria Robledo, a photographer who played a big role in the natural light photography movement. Whi...

Light, Camera, Action

Join us for an inspiring and practical Empowering Chocopreneurs webinar with the talented chocolate educator, author and professional photographer Nettie Atkisson. Nettie will reveal the secrets to...

Meet Dr. Tom Neuhaus

For 32 years, he taught courses in food preparation, with a focus on chemistry and cultural anthropology—at Cornell University and California State Polytechnic University. It was from merging princ...

Moving Up the Value Chain

How can cocoa farmers break free from the commodity cycle and become thriving chocolate entrepreneurs? In the past, initiatives like Fair Trade certification have aimed to uplift cocoa prices, but ...

Meet Cristina M. Ramirez

Cristina M. Ramirez is a serial entrepreneur bringing her empowerment curricula to audiences everywhere - from children to corporations. Her programs have been implemented across 40 states, and wit...

Empowered by Discomfort

We all face challenges. Yet the idea that challenges are problems is an outdated and harmful way to lead our lives. Challenges aren’t something to hide from, numb or avoid. They are flashing signs ...

Meet Sarah M Bharath

Meet The Presenter Sarah M Bharath - Cacao Flavor: Think Outside the Box Scroll down to register.  Sarah is a self-proclaimed soil-to-seed worker who came to cacao via academia, but found her roots...

Cacao Flavor: Think Outside the Box

Fresh cacao seeds are beautifully multidimensional and functional in their design and construction. And like all other seeds, the expression of their genetics is deeply influenced by their growing ...