Cocoa Beans
Kelly Hensel

Kelly Hensel

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    It is no longer acceptable for food manufacturers to institute a generic standard of sustainability. Consumers are looking for true transparency and positive and measurable impact—human, environmental, and societal. When Barry Callebaut, a manufacturer of chocolate and cocoa products, brought a group of journalists to Ghana to see firsthand the progress made during the inaugural year of its Forever Chocolate sustainability strategy, it became clear that being socially responsible means ensuring …


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    Kelly Hensel is deputy managing editor, print & digital, of Food Technology magazine (khensel@ift.org).
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