Cacao and Art in the Congo
The Spirit of Palm Oil (2014), Djonga Bismar Chocolate enthusiasts are becoming increasingly aware of gross inequalities in the cacao sector. Plantation workers are notoriously exploited, wages are low, housing can be substandard, schools and health care, if available, often inadequate. With value added at each point along the cacao supply chain, profits accrue at the other end to international companies that manufacture the chocolate. An apparent contradiction also exists. C
Chocolate: A Culinary Gift from the Amazon
Scott A. Mori, Ph.D., formerly the Nathaniel Lord Britton Curator of Botany, has been studying New World rain forests at The New York Botanical Garden for over 30 years. As part of The Edible Garden, he [held] informal conversations about some of his research topics -- chocolate, Brazil nuts, and cashews -- during Café Scientifique on August 13 [2009]. [Taken from NYBG's Plant Talk Blog.]
I met Scott Mori at the January meeting of the Brooklyn Heights Garden Club in New Yor
