{"id":28265,"date":"2022-02-01T05:00:16","date_gmt":"2022-02-01T05:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/expert.puregrenada.com\/?p=28265"},"modified":"2022-02-24T13:27:08","modified_gmt":"2022-02-24T13:27:08","slug":"473-connect-the-chocolate-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/expert.puregrenada.com\/473-connect-the-chocolate-story\/","title":{"rendered":"The Chocolate Story"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"28265\" class=\"elementor elementor-28265\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-26f8c28 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"26f8c28\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div 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class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-bc08566\" data-id=\"bc08566\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-61796aa elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"61796aa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Chocolate Story<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a297960 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a297960\" 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elementor-element-6470877 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6470877\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-124594a\" data-id=\"124594a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4393086 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4393086\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/expert.puregrenada.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Credit-the-Grenada-Tourism-Authority_Chocolate-festival_Blogger-Istra-Bell-scaled.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-28266 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/expert.puregrenada.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Credit-the-Grenada-Tourism-Authority_Chocolate-festival_Blogger-Istra-Bell-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/expert.puregrenada.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Credit-the-Grenada-Tourism-Authority_Chocolate-festival_Blogger-Istra-Bell-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/expert.puregrenada.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Credit-the-Grenada-Tourism-Authority_Chocolate-festival_Blogger-Istra-Bell-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/expert.puregrenada.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Credit-the-Grenada-Tourism-Authority_Chocolate-festival_Blogger-Istra-Bell-768x1151.jpg 768w, https:\/\/expert.puregrenada.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Credit-the-Grenada-Tourism-Authority_Chocolate-festival_Blogger-Istra-Bell-1025x1536.jpg 1025w, https:\/\/expert.puregrenada.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Credit-the-Grenada-Tourism-Authority_Chocolate-festival_Blogger-Istra-Bell-1367x2048.jpg 1367w, https:\/\/expert.puregrenada.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Credit-the-Grenada-Tourism-Authority_Chocolate-festival_Blogger-Istra-Bell-600x899.jpg 600w, https:\/\/expert.puregrenada.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Credit-the-Grenada-Tourism-Authority_Chocolate-festival_Blogger-Istra-Bell-scaled.jpg 1709w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>Grenada\u2019s volcanic soil, plenty of sunshine, and the thickly forested interior are perfect for growing cocoa. Grenada holds a place on the ICCO\u2019S list of fine cocoa exporting countries.\u00a0\u00a0 The natural biodiversity in the farms makes it possible for cocoa trees to receive great nutrients from the soil and appropriate shade and water, together with all the intriguing flavours of its neighbouring fruit and spice trees.\u00a0 This is why Grenada chocolate is known for its spicy and fruity aromatic components.\u00a0 Grenada\u2019s cocoa is ranked as one of the finest in the world.\u00a0 Not only is our dark chocolate rich in iron, magnesium, copper, phosphorous, zinc and manganese it is a powerful source of antioxidants believed to increase blood circulation and lower blood pressure.\u00a0 Dark chocolate may even enhance the mind and mood. The cocoa in Grenada is grown ethnically without the use of any chemicals, pesticides, herbicides, or fertilizers and has been certified by CERES.<\/p><p>David Lawrence Friedman, known by many as Mott Green revolutionized the production of cocoa in Grenada.\u00a0 As a boy, Mott was a frequent visitor to Grenada as his father, the Director of medical services at Coney Island Hospital in New York, taught on the island each winter, often bringing his family along.\u00a0 Green created the economic stability for the famers when he founded the Grenada Chocolate Company, the first ever chocolate company in Grenada in 1999 together with Doug Browne and Edmund Brown.\u00a0 The farmers were able to increase their income and rather than selling the beans to the Grenada Cocoa Association for a fixed price they then began to produce chocolate.\u00a0 It was the beginning of the tree-to-bar movement in Grenada.\u00a0<\/p><p>Sadly, both Browne and Mott died, but the vision of Mott lives on.\u00a0 The farmers of the Grenada Chocolate Company are part of a corporative and they share in the profits.\u00a0 The corporative now has over 200 acres of organic cocoa farm. Grenada will be forever grateful to Mott Green for saving the cocoa industry and showing the way for a better future for cocoa farmers.<\/p><p>Currently Grenada has 6 Chocolate Companies, and an annual Chocolate festival which takes place in May each year.<\/p><ul><li style=\"list-style-type: none;\"><ul><li style=\"list-style-type: none;\"><ul><li>The Grenada Chocolate Company<\/li><li>Diamond Chocolate Company<\/li><li>Crayfish Bay<\/li><li>Belmont Estate Chocolate Company<\/li><li>Tri Island Chocolate<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f35655a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f35655a\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-144dc7f\" data-id=\"144dc7f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f9ea683 elementor-widget elementor-widget-upk-buzz-list\" data-id=\"f9ea683\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;upk_in_animation_show&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"upk-buzz-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"upk-buzz-list upk-in-animation\" data-in-animation-delay=\"\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"upk-item upk-flex upk-flex-middle\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"upk-img-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"upk-img lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/expert.puregrenada.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/473-Connect-Launch-300x198.jpg\" alt=\"473 Connect Diaspora Program\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; 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