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Spreading cacao seeds

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Creator
Janel Monroe
Date created
June 2008
Location
Barlovento, Venezuela
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  • The transformation of cacao into chocolate: Transforming cacao into chocolate is a labor-intensive process that involves many steps. This slideshow tells the story of that process, focusing on one cacao plantation in the Barlovento region of Venezuela. (Page 7)

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woman kneeling over a pile of cacao seeds spread out on cement

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On a cacao plantation in Barlovento, Venezuela, a student intern from France spreads a pile of cacao seeds out on the cement in an even layer. The seeds, which come from the Thebroma Cacao tree, have been fermented and are now drying in the sun — one of the many steps that will turn them into cocoa.