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Care2.com
The Light and Dark Side of Chocolate
Care2.com
The cocoa tree, Theobroma cacao, is native to the rainforest areas of Central and South America. It was first harvested by the ancient Mayan people around 250-900 AD They took the cocoa seeds and fermented, roasted, then ground them into a paste to be ...

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New Hershey program to benefit cocoa farmers
York Daily Record
The initiative is expected to directly benefit 750000 cocoa farmers and two million people overall in cocoa-growing communities of Ghana and Ivory Coast. JP Bilbrey, Hershey's president and chief executive officer, said the new program will "drive ...

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REDD: Saving the Amazon rainforest
GlobalPost
Part two shows how forest people can benefit from carbon credits, while part three looks at "carbon cowboys" accused of abusing the system. LIMA, Peru — International negotiators are closing in on a new solution for combating climate change — and ...

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Hershey Company to invest million to improve conditions in Cocoa Communities
Modern Ghana
Over the next five years, Hershey's public and private partnerships will directly benefit 750000 African cocoa farmers and over two million people in cocoa communities across the region, the company said in a statement issued in Accra on Monday.
Hershey Expands Responsible Cocoa Community Programs in West AfricaMarketWatch (press release)
Hershey to Offer Independently Certified ChocolateFood and Drink Digital
Hershey Company pledges $10 million to West African cocoa farmersFOX43.com
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Women News Network
South America: Indigenous leaders Guyana use new GPS system to save lands
Women News Network
In the process, a locally-made digital map of their traditional territory alongside a ground-breaking community proposal to care for 1.4 million “ha,” a Wapichan land measurement equaling 3460000 acres, of pristine rainforest for the benefit of their ...

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Wapichan people in Guyana showcase community proposal to save tropical forests ...
BusinessGhana
The indigenous Wapichan people of Guyana, South America, will make public today a locally-made digital map of their traditional territory alongside a ground-breaking community proposal to care for 1.4 million ha of pristine rainforest for the benefit ...

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Foreclose on Wells Fargo: So Many Reasons to Divest
Bay Area Indymedia
Therefore, there are often incentives for a bank to take actions that are not necessarily to the benefit of many of the bank's own customers. That is how Wells Fargo has been implicated repeatedly in the housing crisis. Wells Fargo, like other big ...

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