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Fri, 10 Oct 2008 23:42:45 -0700

Nice cocoa photos.....heard that USAID through ACDI-VOCA is promoting more farmers plant cacao. Maybe your local farmer friends might ask them for more infos on this: www.mb.com.ph/issues/2004/11/30/BSNS2004113023495.html www.mb.com.ph/issues/2005/07/27/BSNS2005072740337.html
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Fri, 10 Oct 2008 23:21:44 -0700

nice pictures
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Fri, 10 Oct 2008 23:16:59 -0700

"The older the better"......hmmmm, i doubt anybody can prove this
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Fri, 10 Oct 2008 23:14:28 -0700

Interesting to say "a bar of decent chocolate"; do you mean local or US/Western version of "decent"? Guys please wake up.....the only decent chocolate we all know the market meant is the "international market BRANDS" right? What's wrong with their local chocolate drinks if I may honestly ask? Imagine some US or European guy "demonstrating" the correct way a "chocolatier" do the "decent chocolate bar" in front of cocoa farmers who have been consuming these for centuries since the Aztec era; that's a joke! No wonder the local guy is showing a big grin.... The only reason "chocolatiers" came halfway round the world showing his "decent" chocolate taste is to dictate that if you don't sell us "our" standard of imported cocoa beans, don't expect we buy your beans.... How ironic; do you know that history dictate that the acceptable "cocoa standard beans" are from AFRICA, since something like the Van Houten colonial era which through the years create the notion that the "acceptable" quality standard is the "Ghanian/African flavor"? So cocoa from all other places is subject to comply to this standard, if not, your products are discounted....... Interesting eh? So, now we have chocolatier doing demo for farmers.... Maybe we should be aware that by having a good "decent" chocolate bar, lest we forget the scrap houses our cocoa farmers live in....
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Wed, 01 Oct 2008 21:22:15 -0700

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Wed, 01 Oct 2008 21:21:54 -0700

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Wed, 01 Oct 2008 21:21:46 -0700

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Wed, 01 Oct 2008 21:19:51 -0700

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Sun, 28 Sep 2008 19:53:52 -0700

nice.....may i know where in particular in dumaguete cacao trees are commonly planted? tnx, hoping for your helpful infos
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Sun, 28 Sep 2008 19:48:05 -0700

should be "south-american" tree, i assume
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Sun, 28 Sep 2008 19:30:08 -0700

yup, you got that one right on!
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Sat, 20 Sep 2008 22:23:27 -0700

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Sat, 20 Sep 2008 22:15:27 -0700

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Thu, 18 Sep 2008 00:41:28 -0700

I know someone by the name of mr. San juan in tigaon starting a cacao farm and now operating a cacao nursery along the national hiway near a school
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