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Cacao plantation, Barlovento, Venezuela
About this photograph
- Creator
- Janel Monroe
- Date created
- June 2008
- Location
- Barlovento, Venezuela
- License
- This photograph copyright ©2009. Terms of use
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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 1)
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On a cacao plantation in Barlovento, Venezuela, a pile of cacao seeds lies drying in the sun under a banner that reads “Welcome to Barlovento” in both Spanish and English. Cacao seeds (also known as “cocoa beans”) are the raw materials used to make cocoa and chocolate.
