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Hawaii Cacao Growers Chapter of the Hawaii Tropical Fruit Growers

Cacao Chapter Goals

  • Information & Education
  • Cacao Genetics
  • Orchard Health
  • Marketing 100% Hawaiian Brand

Click here to learn more about the organization and its goals.

History of Hawaii Cacao

The growing of cacao trees started in the 1850's and has had ups and downs as other commodity crops got the attention of growers. There have been many interesting initiatives. With the renewed interest by growers, Hawaii cacao has a chance to survive and to thrive.

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Hawaii Cacao Suppliers:

cocoaoutlet.com

12 Trees Project

chocolatealchemy.com

DeVries Chocolate

Symposium on Hawaii Cacao

Click here for an overview of the Hawaii Cacao 2005 held in June, 2005. The following panelists brought their expertise to the event: Gary Guittard and Ed Seguine, Guittard Chocolate Company; Gini Choobua, Cacao Growers Chapter President of the Hawaii Tropical Fruit Growers; H.C. "Skip" Bittenbender, Ph.D., Extension Specialist for Coffee, Kava and Cacao, Tropical Plant and Soil Sciences, CTAHR/University of Hawaii; Dr. Raymond J. Schnell, Ph.D., Research Geneticist, The Cacao Project, Subtropical Horticulture Research Station's (SHRS), Miami, FL; Michael J. Conway, Manager of Tropical Crops, Dole Food Company of Hawaii; Fran Bigelow, Fran's Chocolates Seattle; Michael Recchiuti, Recchiuti Confections San Francisco; Cathy Smoot Barrett, Kailua Candy Company Kailua-Kona, Clay Gordon, Chocophile.com and Corrine W.L. Ching, State of Hawaii House of Representatives.


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