News & Media
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News
WCF Receives 2012 Academy Prize
May 21, 2012
Entry: Geert Waelkens, World Cocoa Foundation On May 15th the World Cocoa Foundation received the 2012 Academy Prize of the Académie Française du Chocolat et de la Confiserie (French Chocolate and Confectionery Academy). The Academy prize, awarded…Read More »
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Press Room
Press Release: At G8 Food Security Symposium, World Cocoa Foundation Announces $4 Million in New Support for Cocoa Farmers in West Africa
May 18, 2012
The World Cocoa Foundation (WCF) is launching a $4 million initiative to benefit 35,000 cocoa farmers in three West African countries that are among the world’s largest producers of cocoa. The announcement comes as part of…Read More »
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News
Blommer Chocolate Plots Sustainability Roadmap
May 11, 2012
Blommer Chocolate Company, Chicago, the largest cocoa processor and ingredient chocolate supplier in North America, today announced its plans to invest an incremental $45 million in cocoa sustainability efforts by 2020 as a part of its…Read More »
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Blog
WCF Agricultural Logistics Skill Development Program Internships
April 27, 2012
Entry: Josephine Dadzie, World Cocoa Foundation As part of their training, students of the WCF Agric Logistics Skill Development Program have been undergoing Internships with program partners, ADM, Safmarine and Cocobod since January in their respective offices/ depots in Kumasi, Ghana.…Read More »
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Newsletters
WCF Newsletter January – March 2012
April 1, 2012
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE The first quarter of 2012 has been busy at the World Cocoa Foundation. In January, we welcomed our 2012 WCF Officers Anne Alonzo of Kraft Foods (Chairwoman), Jeff Morgan of Mars, Inc, (Vice Chair),…Read More »