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by Jose Jaime Lopez Ganem
Welcome to the Chocolate Conservatory, a podcast brought to you by the Institute for Cacao and Chocolate Research and Heirloom Cacao Preservation Fund. In each episode, scholars Carla D. Martin and Jose Lopez Ganem host a conversation with researchers and industry members engaged in the study of pressing issues related to cacao and chocolate. They use these conversations to bring research to life and put you in the middle of the questions being asked and solutions being proposed and practiced. From the social sciences to hard sciences, arts and humanities to business and finance, they take you directly to the thinkers who are shaping conversations today.Get in touch with us! Send your voice recordings and emails to contact@chocolateinstitute.org with suggestions for topics, guests, or what how you might answer the questions we ask and we might just use it on the show!
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- 1 weeks ago52 min
Professional Education with a University Accent
Discussing education for chocolate professionals, Penn State Emeritus Professor Greg Ziegler and CacaoLab Executive Director Claudia Delbaere share lessons learned from teaching generations of students in established institutions, as well as the constraints that the ever-changing supply chain imposes on chocolate manufacturing and the mastery of confectionery formulation.Learn more about educational opportunities at CacaoLab: https://www.cacaolab.be/ Sign up for the upcoming PSU Short Chocolate Course June 22-26, 2026: https://web.cvent.com/event/d930b4b6-9877-4b62-8bd4-df82b22bd1d9/summary Connect with our guests via LinkedIn:Claudia Delbaere https://www.linkedin.com/in/claudiadelbaere/ Greg Ziegler https://www.linkedin.com/in/grgryrzglr/
- May 15, 20261h 0m
Labor in sugar cane
Cornell University Professor Alex M. Nading, a medical anthropologist, joins host Carla Martin to discuss the epidemic of chronic kidney disease of nontraditional causes (CKDnt) among Nicaragua's sugarcane plantation workers.Find Dr. Nading's book via Duke University Press: https://www.dukeupress.edu/the-kidney-and-the-cane ; or in a library near you: https://search.worldcat.org/
- May 8, 20261h 10m
USA Cacao: A New Origin?
Hawai'i meets Puerto Rico in this discussion of cacao production in the United States! Dr. Viviana Medina of V.M.R. Consulting and Dave Elliott of O'ahu Resource Conservation and Development Council join host Jose Lopez Ganem.Connect with our guests via LinkedIn: Vivana Medinahttps://www.linkedin.com/in/vivianamedina/Tickets for the HCCA Conference in Hawaii July 10-12, 2026:https://www.tickettailor.com/events/hawaiichocolateandcacaoassociation/2172522Engage Oahu RC&D's programing here:https://oahurcd.org/
- Apr 24, 202648 min
Numbers, Networks, and Narratives in Specialty Coffee
Emory University Professor Peter Roberts, an economic sociologist, joins Carla to discuss the commodification of specialty coffee producers and the industry's obsession with a narrative of supply and demand.Connect with Dr. Robert on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/peter-roberts-51105374/Order Dr. Robert's book from Oxford University Press: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/from-supply-and-demand-to-numbers-networks-and-narratives-9780198871460?cc=us&lang=en& ; or find it in a library near you: https://search.worldcat.org/
- Apr 10, 20261h 0m
Research and Innovation in the Chocolate Lands
Zurich University of Applied Sciences Professor Tilo Hühn describes his lengthy career in food technology innovation and the ways in which Switzerland remains a center of leadership in education and entrepreneurship in chocolate.Connect with Dr. Huhn on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tilohuehnprocessdesign/?locale=enLearn more about ZHAW's course, "The Science and Art of Chocolate": https://www.zhaw.ch/en/lsfm/continuing-education/detail/course/cas-the-science-and-art-of-chocolate
- Mar 27, 20261h 0m
Cocoa Price Crisis: Ghana
Harvard historian Emmanuel Akyeampong and Fuad Mohammed Abubakar of Ghana's Cocoa Marketing Company join Carla to discuss how Ghana's cocoa pricing developed and the challenges and pitfalls of navigating farmgate pricing in a volatile futures market.Google Drive Folder to Fuad Mohammed Abubakar charts mentioned during the episode: https://tinyurl.com/uzxfetfb More Resources about our Guests:Read Professor Akyeampong's book Independent Africa for more on the history of cocoa in Ghana: https://iupress.org/9780253066657/independent-africa/Find Fuad's articles on Ghana and cocoa pricing here: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=qxdVjKwAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=sraFind Fuad's Linkedin here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/fuadabubakarmohammed/
- Feb 18, 20261 min
Welcome to the Chocolate Conservatory!
In this trailer, our hosts Carla D. Martin and Jose Lopez Ganem introduce themselves, and the premise of the podcast! Listen in to learn more about why it is important to discuss the pressing issues related to cacao and chocolate.
About The Chocolate Conservatory
Welcome to the Chocolate Conservatory, a podcast brought to you by the Institute for Cacao and Chocolate Research and Heirloom Cacao Preservation Fund. In each episode, scholars Carla D. Martin and Jose Lopez Ganem host a conversation with researchers and industry members engaged in the study of pressing issues related to cacao and chocolate. They use these conversations to bring research to life and put you in the middle of the questions being asked and solutions being proposed and practiced. From the social sciences to hard sciences, arts and humanities to business and finance, they take you directly to the thinkers who are shaping conversations today.Get in touch with us! Send your voice recordings and emails to contact@chocolateinstitute.org with suggestions for topics, guests, or what how you might answer the questions we ask and we might just use it on the show!
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