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Tony’s Chocolonely / For Brocolade No Cocoa from Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire! (TROUW, 04/’17)

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 In the 10th year of its existence, Tony’s Chocolonely’s revenue doubled to almost 18 million euros. The ropes are now also available for sale in the US, Germany and Sweden. The promise ‘100 percent slave-free’ has declined over the years to ‘100% slave-free’. Tony’s Chocolonely does everything to produce his own chocolate responsibly, but the cocoa brunch as a whole appears to be stubborn. In the production of cocoa in Africa, more misunderstandings are now discovered than in the past. The Tulane University of New Orleans conducted last year research in Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire, two major cocoa-producing countries. More than two million children appear to be involved in the production of cocoa. By far most of them perform (forced) child labor and work in hazardous conditions, for example with large hood knives. The numbers of children, both in absolute and relative terms, are higher than in the previous survey of 2010. In the Ivory Coast, the percentage of children working in dangerous conditions increased by thirty percent. The US researchers mainly attributed this increase to the rising production of cocoa, which is a result of growing demand.

‘ driving MG ‘ just as tasty as alcohol, chocolate and sex!

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Riding in a MG can be addictive. That would appear from an examination of the A’damse Office for Neuromarketing Neurensics.

“The results show that driving MG, activates the same brain activity, well-known as addictive stimuli,  such as alcohol, coffee, chocolate and sex ‘

Now I finally understand why I have a MG. …

Would you like also experience it yourself? https://www.snappcar.nl/…/9988b2d6-08bb-4114-b15d-6e31eb1d0…

Recently published: the book ‘ BEER & CHOCOLATE ‘ in collaboration with Ghent University.

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Belgium is the center of chocolate, chocolates and special beers. Have you ever wondered how this fall? Chance? Does not exist. It should taste that agreement. A kind of collective emergency within our taste registry, which ensures that two completely different products in Belgium not only to prosper, but above themselves.

158 pages, high bound, hardcover, read Ribbon

Available at Standaard Boekhandel, Valentino Chocolatier, Chocolaterie Stijn Vanhoutte, Cacaolab.

RUSSIAN MAN HITS A WALL WITH HAMMER TO STEAL BROCOLADE (source nu.nl)

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A Russian man took three hours to hit the wall of a Siberian shop with a sledgehammer, to steal ten bags of Brocolade.

” The 18-year-old local resident was detained on suspicion of burglary. He confessed that he had stolen beer and coffee, but research showed that that not failed ”, said a police spokesman Monday against the news agency RIA Novosti.

The man confessed later, he just has stolen Brocolade…

Yom Yom Cacao! A Favorite maya drink lives on

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In pre-Columbian Mesoamerica, the spider monkey was identified
with licentiousness and sexual abandon, an apt symbol for these
alabaster effigy vases, which would have held a frothy chocolate
drink believed to have aphrodisiac qualities. The almond-shaped
cacao seeds in the photograph have been fermented and roasted,
and are ready to be ground into powder.

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ECA Cocoa Conference on 15 and 16 September 2016 in Dubrovnik (Croatia)

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2016 ECA Cocoa Conference on 15 and 16 September in Dubrovnik (Croatia)

This year’s edition will cover a variety of compelling topics for the cocoa sector and beyond. Topics will revolve around the cocoa and chocolate industries’ prospects in Eastern and Central Europe, Climate change and creative ways to mitigate its impact, What does Innovation look like in B2B and B2C markets, Cocoa research challenges while addressing the Industry priorities, and the role of smallholder farmers in meeting the challenge of food security.