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(taken by Elizabeth) One of the Elders we had to get permission from to enter into the cocoa farm
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Formed from the merger of the British colony of the Gold Coast and the Togoland trust territory, Ghana in 1957 became the first sub-Saharan country in colonial Africa to gain its independence. A long series of coups resulted in the suspension of the... [read more]
Formed from the merger of the British colony of the Gold Coast and the Togoland trust territory, Ghana in 1957 became the first sub-Saharan country in colonial Africa to gain its independence. A long series of coups resulted in the suspension of the... [read more] Blog: Kuapa Kokoo Cooperative
Date: August 4th 2007
Today we visited the Kuapa Kokoo Cooperative to visit the *insert drum roll here* FAIR TRADE CHOCOLATE! Yes - this is what I’ve been talking my head off about (at least during the fair trade month of October). We first met at the Kuapa Kokoo central office in Kumasi before we headed out to one of the farms. So, basically, Kuapa Kokoo is a farmer cooperative for cocoa that sells some of their cro ... read more
Date: August 4th 2007
Today we visited the Kuapa Kokoo Cooperative to visit the *insert drum roll here* FAIR TRADE CHOCOLATE! Yes - this is what I’ve been talking my head off about (at least during the fair trade month of October). We first met at the Kuapa Kokoo central office in Kumasi before we headed out to one of the farms. So, basically, Kuapa Kokoo is a farmer cooperative for cocoa that sells some of their cro ... read more
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