How A Venezuelan Chef Is Teaching Women To Make Chocolate And Money

Source http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2017/09/25/552116411/how-a-venezuelan-chef-is-teaching-women-to-make-chocolate-and-money?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=thesalt

Entrepreneurs sort cocoa beans on a tray at Cacao de Origen, a school founded by Maria Di Giacobbe to train Venezuelan women in the making of premium chocolate. Zeina Alvarado (left) later found work in a bean-to-bar production facility in Mexico.

Some of the world’s best cacao grows in Venezuela, a country roiled by political turmoil. One chocolatier is betting those beans can propel a whole industry and turn women into micro-entrepreneurs.

(Image credit: Courtesy of Cacao de Origen)

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Source http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2017/09/25/552116411/how-a-venezuelan-chef-is-teaching-women-to-make-chocolate-and-money?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=thesalt

Entrepreneurs sort cocoa beans on a tray at Cacao de Origen, a school founded by Maria Di Giacobbe to train Venezuelan women in the making of premium chocolate. Zeina Alvarado (left) later found work in a bean-to-bar production facility in Mexico.

Some of the world’s best cacao grows in Venezuela, a country roiled by political turmoil. One chocolatier is betting those beans can propel a whole industry and turn women into micro-entrepreneurs.

(Image credit: Courtesy of Cacao de Origen)

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