
ORIGIN TRIP #31: DEL TAMBO, ECUADOR- 2016
Vitaliano, our lead farmer partner (who I’ve been visiting for a decade now!) who is pictured on the front of our Ecuador chocolate bars, takes ext...
Read moreShawn traveled to Mababu, Tanzania for his annual origin trip to meet with our farmer partners– this time with 14 high school outstanding students ...
Read moreOne of the most important things I do when visiting cocoa farmers is inspect our beans. I can take nothing for granted! Even though we’ve been work...
Read moreMy Ecuador trip last week marks my 10th year of traveling to origin learning about and sourcing cocoa beans from farmers around the equator band of...
Read moreAt the beach party we hosted for our farmer partners I received one of the most meaningful gifts ever. I don’t mean from farmers but I mean anyone ...
Read moreYou’ve probably heard me say “It’s not about the chocolate. It’s about the chocolate.” I’ve been traveling to cocoa bean origin countries for ten y...
Read moreShawn shares updates from the first origin trip of 2015, to work with our cocoa farmer partners in Davao, Philippines. On the first day, I visited ...
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