Category: Craft Food
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How Perennial Grains Like Kernza Fight Climate Change
Food certifications are multiplying. As the dysfunction of our industrialized food systems become increasingly apparent, it’s clear simply “organic” is no long good enough. From “pasture-raised” to “grass-fed”, new adjectives and certifications appear regularly on food labels. However, there is still no certification for regenerative farming. Regenerative farming practices are restorative to ecosystems and help…
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How Lumen Is Using Regenerative Hemp Farming
Cannabis has plenty of nutrients, something that we are discovering more about as it becomes more legally available around the world. Hemp, a cannabis variety lower in THC, is similarly high in beneficial compounds. Like food, however, the nutritional quality of the hemp depends on the quality of the soil. As with food, soil conservation…
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How Kokoa Kamili Put Tanzania On The Chocolate Map
While African coffees are prominent in the specialty market, high-quality cacao from the continent has lagged. For the most part, it’s a problem of reputation. Environmental and labor abuses in West African countries like Ivory Coast and Ghana often make headlines. Low-quality yields in East and Central Africa meant bean-to-bar producers have largely avoided using…
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Destigmatizing West Africa Cocoa
Has anyone seen a bean-to-bar chocolate made from cacao from Ivory Coast? It’s a legitimate question. We may have seen one from Bonnat at one point, but not anything else. It’s telling that the Ivory Coast, the world’s largest cacao producing nation is absent from the craft chocolate scene. This is because cocoa from West…
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Inclusion Bars: Rose Bar with Cardamom Infusion
Normally we are purists. No sweetener or milks in our coffee. Not more than three ingredients in our favorite craft chocolate bars. However, once in a while some inclusion bars really stand out. Most recently it was Elements Truffles Rose Bar with Cardamom Infusion. Inclusion bars are those that include other ingredients beyond the bean-t0-bar…