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DESCRIPTION:Kallari Chocolate Tour\n\nThe Kallari Association is a cooperative of over 
 850 Quichua families in Napo Province in the Ecuadorian Amazon. Recognizing 
 that most of the profit is to be made from sales of chocolate bars, not the 
 cacao beans, the Quichua people created a cooperative where they would have 
 more control over revenues. The Kallari Association, with its self-reliant 
 governance and innovative economic model, is nothing short of revolutionary 
 in the global chocolate industry. Cacao production provides the Quichua 
 people with a viable income so they have the economic resources to resist 
 logging their forests or succumb to the short-term riches offered by 
 petroleum extraction. A full 100 percent of profits from sales of the 
 chocolate bars are returned to the Kallari Association.\n\nNew York Times 
 article on the Kallari: 
 http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/05/dining/05choc.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=kallari&st=cse\n\n\n\nPrice: 
 $15 Slow Food members, $25 nonmembers\n\nTo register: 
 http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/57863\n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/03/24/18581808.php
SUMMARY:Slow Food: Kallari Collective Chocolate Tour
LOCATION:Please contact Slow Food Silicon Valley Convivium\n
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/03/24/18581808.php
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