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Article: Kraft Foods Extends Commitment To Sustainable Cocoa Farming.
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- Agriculture Business Week
- Article date:
- November 12, 2009
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Kraft Foods announced a major step forward in its long-standing support of sustainable cocoa farming. Based on pioneering work started in 2005 in the Cote d'Ivoire, the company has launched the first mainstream chocolate products in Europe to carry the Rainforest Alliance Certified™ seal. Additionally, it has committed to increase current purchases of cocoa beans from Rainforest Alliance Certified™ farms ten-fold by the end of 2012, to 30,000 tons.
Beginning in France and Belgium, Cote d'Or premium dark chocolate will now contain cocoa from farms that meet the sustainability standard of the Rainforest Alliance Certified™ program. Over the coming ...