Welcome to my 30th Podcast, which is the end of Uncle Vic’s manuscript. In this podcast, I talk a little about international development and about the rubber industry. Many West African cocoa farmers vacillate back and forth between cocoa and rubber. The advantage of rubber is that there’s always a pretty high demand for it and the latex flows year ‘round whereas cocoa prices bounce all over the place and the cocoa harvest follows the rainy seasons.
Below is a picture of the tempering machine that was bought for David with USDA grant funds. Project Hope and Fairness paid the $4,000 in customs duties to remove the machine from the warehouse. And now David is learning to use it.
To change the chocolate world, we have to purchase machinery and build infrastructure. The only way we can do this is with grants and gifts. Please consider making a gift. Thanks so much.
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