<![CDATA[The Chocolate Conservatory]]>c0e1db65-34e3-5fde-9ea5-1b3ef049859eFri, 08 May 2026 14:00:29 +0000Captivate.fmInstitute of Cacao and Chocolate Researchhttps://artwork.captivate.fm/277b35a1-a2a4-4099-88dc-66c9ae33d244/chocolate-conservatory-new-2.pngThe Chocolate ConservatoryInstitute of Cacao and Chocolate ResearchInstitute of Cacao and Chocolate ResearchWelcome to the Chocolate Conservatory, a podcast brought to you by the Institute for Cacao and Chocolate Research and Heirloom Cacao Preservation Fund. In each episode, scholars Carla D. Martin and Jose Lopez Ganem host a conversation with researchers and industry members engaged in the study of pressing issues related to cacao and chocolate. They use these conversations to bring research to life and put you in the middle of the questions being asked and solutions being proposed and practiced. From the social sciences to hard sciences, arts and humanities to business and finance, they take you directly to the thinkers who are shaping conversations today. Get in touch with us! Send your voice recordings and emails to contact@chocolateinstitute.org with suggestions for topics, guests, or what how you might answer the questions we ask and we might just use it on the show!https://choco-conservatory.captivate.fmfalseepisodicnopodcastUSA Cacao: A New Origin?USA Cacao: A New Origin?Hawai'i meets Puerto Rico in this discussion of cacao production in the United States! Dr. Viviana Medina of V.M.R. Consulting and Dave Elliott of O'ahu Resource Conservation and Development Council join host Jose Lopez Ganem.

Connect with our guests via LinkedIn: Vivana Medina

https://www.linkedin.com/in/vivianamedina/

Tickets for the HCCA Conference in Hawaii July 10-12, 2026:

https://www.tickettailor.com/events/hawaiichocolateandcacaoassociation/2172522

Engage Oahu RC&D's programing here:

https://oahurcd.org/

]]>Hawai'i meets Puerto Rico in this discussion of cacao production in the United States! Dr. Viviana Medina of V.M.R. Consulting and Dave Elliott of O'ahu Resource Conservation and Development Council join host Jose Lopez Ganem.

Connect with our guests via LinkedIn: Vivana Medina

https://www.linkedin.com/in/vivianamedina/

Tickets for the HCCA Conference in Hawaii July 10-12, 2026:

https://www.tickettailor.com/events/hawaiichocolateandcacaoassociation/2172522

Engage Oahu RC&D's programing here:

https://oahurcd.org/

]]>704da56c-6d8d-422d-9e8d-349191818476Fri, 08 May 2026 10:00:00 -040001:10:52falsefull1441Numbers, Networks, and Narratives in Specialty CoffeeNumbers, Networks, and Narratives in Specialty CoffeeEmory University Professor Peter Roberts, an economic sociologist, joins Carla to discuss the commodification of specialty coffee producers and the industry's obsession with a narrative of supply and demand.

Connect with Dr. Robert on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/peter-roberts-51105374/

Order Dr. Robert's book from Oxford University Press: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/from-supply-and-demand-to-numbers-networks-and-narratives-9780198871460?cc=us&lang=en& ; or find it in a library near you: https://search.worldcat.org/

]]>Emory University Professor Peter Roberts, an economic sociologist, joins Carla to discuss the commodification of specialty coffee producers and the industry's obsession with a narrative of supply and demand.

Connect with Dr. Robert on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/peter-roberts-51105374/

Order Dr. Robert's book from Oxford University Press: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/from-supply-and-demand-to-numbers-networks-and-narratives-9780198871460?cc=us&lang=en& ; or find it in a library near you: https://search.worldcat.org/

]]>d2f416b8-664a-489d-8e46-ca2dc771f239Fri, 24 Apr 2026 10:00:00 -040048:02truefull1331Research and Innovation in the Chocolate LandsResearch and Innovation in the Chocolate LandsZurich University of Applied Sciences Professor Tilo Hühn describes his lengthy career in food technology innovation and the ways in which Switzerland remains a center of leadership in education and entrepreneurship in chocolate.

Connect with Dr. Huhn on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tilohuehnprocessdesign/?locale=en

Learn more about ZHAW's course, "The Science and Art of Chocolate": https://www.zhaw.ch/en/lsfm/continuing-education/detail/course/cas-the-science-and-art-of-chocolate

]]>Zurich University of Applied Sciences Professor Tilo Hühn describes his lengthy career in food technology innovation and the ways in which Switzerland remains a center of leadership in education and entrepreneurship in chocolate.

Connect with Dr. Huhn on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tilohuehnprocessdesign/?locale=en

Learn more about ZHAW's course, "The Science and Art of Chocolate": https://www.zhaw.ch/en/lsfm/continuing-education/detail/course/cas-the-science-and-art-of-chocolate

]]>b5ba6b3e-7808-469e-864c-5de0833dc7f2Fri, 10 Apr 2026 11:00:00 -040001:00:36falsefull1221Cocoa Price Crisis: GhanaCocoa Price Crisis: GhanaHarvard historian Emmanuel Akyeampong and Fuad Mohammed Abubakar of Ghana's Cocoa Marketing Company join Carla to discuss how Ghana's cocoa pricing developed and the challenges and pitfalls of navigating farmgate pricing in a volatile futures market.

Google Drive Folder to Fuad Mohammed Abubakar charts mentioned during the episode: https://tinyurl.com/uzxfetfb

More Resources about our Guests:

Read Professor Akyeampong's book Independent Africa for more on the history of cocoa in Ghana: https://iupress.org/9780253066657/independent-africa/

Find Fuad's articles on Ghana and cocoa pricing here: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=qxdVjKwAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=sra

Find Fuad's Linkedin here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/fuadabubakarmohammed/

]]>Harvard historian Emmanuel Akyeampong and Fuad Mohammed Abubakar of Ghana's Cocoa Marketing Company join Carla to discuss how Ghana's cocoa pricing developed and the challenges and pitfalls of navigating farmgate pricing in a volatile futures market.

Google Drive Folder to Fuad Mohammed Abubakar charts mentioned during the episode: https://tinyurl.com/uzxfetfb

More Resources about our Guests:

Read Professor Akyeampong's book Independent Africa for more on the history of cocoa in Ghana: https://iupress.org/9780253066657/independent-africa/

Find Fuad's articles on Ghana and cocoa pricing here: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=qxdVjKwAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=sra

Find Fuad's Linkedin here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/fuadabubakarmohammed/

]]>d9abdb5d-67af-4b8e-8e30-da74d5646464Fri, 27 Mar 2026 10:00:00 -040001:00:18falsefull1111Welcome to the Chocolate Conservatory!Welcome to the Chocolate Conservatory!In this trailer, our hosts Carla D. Martin and Jose Lopez Ganem introduce themselves, and the premise of the podcast! Listen in to learn more about why it is important to discuss the pressing issues related to cacao and chocolate.

]]>In this trailer, our hosts Carla D. Martin and Jose Lopez Ganem introduce themselves, and the premise of the podcast! Listen in to learn more about why it is important to discuss the pressing issues related to cacao and chocolate.

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