March 7th, 2023 In this Food Literacy for All session, Aleya Fraser discussed “Food Sovereignty and Chocolate.”
Talk Description: We will analyze the 2007 Nyéléni declaration on Food Sovereignty which places the farmer at the “heart of food systems and policies” to understand what it means to truly advocate for farmers livelihoods through organizing and education. We will use case studies from my work in Trinidad with cacao farmers to show what this looks like on the ground with value added training to improve farmer livelihoods so they can in turn focus on being more ecologically sound and building more resilient communities. We will interactively learn how cocoa beans are processed from bean to bar to show why chocolate should be made at its country of origin!
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