Cacao collection center run by Cacaonica
Centro de acopio de cacao de Cacaonica

covered drying bin for fermented cacao beans.

Open air drying bin for fermented cacao beans. The rake is used to turn the beans for even drying.

fermented and dried cacao in sack
granos de cacao, fermentados y aridos

bags of cacao ready for mixing and shipment.
granos de cacao, fermentados, aridos y en sacos

A metric ton box (holds a little over 22 100-pound bags.)
Casilla para 22 quintales de cacao

Heather, Heather, and collection center staff with a Cacaonica bag
Heather, Heather, y trabajo de centro de acopio de cacao, con saco de Cacaonica

Enrique Rios, collection center workers, and our group
Enrique Rios, trabajos de centro de acopio de cacao, y nuestro grupo

Enrique Rios, Cacaonica president, with Melissa Schweisguth, Global Exchange Fair Trade coordinator
Enrique Rios, presidente de Cacaonica, y Melissa Schweisguth, Coordinator de Commercio Justo de Global Exchange

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