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Bean to Bar to Big Event: Planning a Craft Chocolate Festival

In our upcoming webinar, Bean to Bar to Big Event: Planning a Craft Chocolate Festival, Jake Potter will share the framework used to design and launch festivals of all sizes—from small community ga...

Networking Event: Collaborating Across the Globe: Growing Stronger Together

As we prepared for our annual Empowering Chocopreneurs networking event, we focused on the powerful role collaboration plays in the growth of this amazing industry around the world. Join us:  Topic...

The Epic Story of Tempering: From Fire to Shine

Presented by: Master Chocolatier Meagan Larmant Date: Saturday, October 18thTime: 10 AM - 12 Noon Atlanta Time Location: Virtual Tempering is one of the most essential—and misunderstood—skills in c...

Meet the Presenter

Andal Balu, CocoaTown co-founder Waste to Wealth – Cocoa Is More Than ChocolateDate: Saturday, July 26, 2025Time: 10 AM – 12 Noon (Atlanta time)Location: Virtual For over a decade, Andal Balu has t...

Waste to Wealth - Cocoa Is More Than Chocolate

Join CocoaTown as we continue to explore the untapped potential of the cocoa tree. In this engaging webinar, we’ll explore how every part of the cocoa plant—from bean to husk, pod to pulp—can be tr...

Meet the Presenter

Tanya Romero, Finca Happy Fruit Sustainability for Cacao and Chocolate: From Soil to Soul Date: Saturday June 21, 2025Time: 10 AM - 12 Noon Atlanta TimeLocation: Virtual What if cacao could do more...

Sustainability for Cacao and Chocolate: From Soil to Soul

Join us for an inspiring and transformative session with Tanya Romero of Happy Fruit, Ecuador as she guides us on a journey From Soil to Soul—exploring cacao’s full potential as food, medicine, and...

Meet the Presenter Benjamin Setor Gbadago

Bringing Cocoa to Life: Storytelling for Chocopreneurs Benjamin Setor Gbadago is a supply chain storyteller and cultural researcher who is using narrative to humanize the cocoa industry from the gr...

Bringing Cocoa to Life: Storytelling for Chocopreneurs

Join us for our next Empowering Chocopreneurs© webinar, where supply chain storyteller and cultural researcher Benjamin Setor Gbadago will share his experiences listening to the stories of cocoa fa...

Conozca al presentador Albertus Eskes and Moderadora Tanya Romero

Conozca al presentador Albertus Eskes Métodos para Mejorar Cualidades de Cacao y de Salud Humana Albertus Eskes es un distinguido investigador y consultor en cacao con una destacada trayectoria de ...