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Teresa Ulrich is attending Kristy Leissle's eventNorthwest Chocolate Festival at Seattle Center, Northwest Rooms
October 22, 2011 at 10am to October 23, 2011 at 6pm
The Northwest Chocolate Festival is proud to be the largest gathering of true Bean-To-Bar chocolate makers in the United States. We are delighted and tastefully surprised to be the largest dessert showcase in the city of Seattle.We also host the Best of the Northwest Dessert Awards and we always have fun at the competition night celebration.This year we focus on the agriculture of cacao ~ the fruit that makes great chocolate ~ and the techniques that set fine chocolate makers apart from the…See More
George Trejo is attending Kristy Leissle's eventNorthwest Chocolate Festival at Seattle Center, Northwest Rooms
October 22, 2011 at 10am to October 23, 2011 at 6pm
The Northwest Chocolate Festival is proud to be the largest gathering of true Bean-To-Bar chocolate makers in the United States. We are delighted and tastefully surprised to be the largest dessert showcase in the city of Seattle.We also host the Best of the Northwest Dessert Awards and we always have fun at the competition night celebration.This year we focus on the agriculture of cacao ~ the fruit that makes great chocolate ~ and the techniques that set fine chocolate makers apart from the…See More
Kristy Leissle's event was featuredNorthwest Chocolate Festival at Seattle Center, Northwest Rooms
October 22, 2011 at 10am to October 23, 2011 at 6pm
The Northwest Chocolate Festival is proud to be the largest gathering of true Bean-To-Bar chocolate makers in the United States. We are delighted and tastefully surprised to be the largest dessert showcase in the city of Seattle.We also host the Best of the Northwest Dessert Awards and we always have fun at the competition night celebration.This year we focus on the agriculture of cacao ~ the fruit that makes great chocolate ~ and the techniques that set fine chocolate makers apart from the…See More
Kristy Leissle replied to Clay Gordon's discussion The High Cost of Certification"Rodney, your comment about the farmer perspective -- on small farm size and low yields -- really brought me back to what was one of the more powerful moments of my fieldwork in Ghana. I had been working with farmers who sold to Kuapa Kokoo, the…"
Kristy Leissle replied to Clay Gordon's discussion The High Cost of Certification"Clay, I could not agree more. Certification fees are a real issue for cooperatives, as is the gargantuan reporting responsibility they must undertake to prove they meet FLO producer standards. I do not see how either one is germane to fairness --…"
Kristy Leissle replied to Clay Gordon's discussion The High Cost of Certification"I often teach and write about fair trade (my doctoral work was on the cocoa-chocolate trade, part of it on the FLO system), and I find that I run increasingly thin on ways to justify Fairtrade to my university students, or anyone who sincerely…"
Kristy Leissle joined Clay Gordon's group
Giving Back
It's not enough to hand off to NGOs (non-governmental organizations) the responsibility to redress issues of ethical trade. The purpose of this group is to discuss ways to improve the quality of life of farm families and farm communities worldwide.
Kristy Leissle posted an eventNorthwest Chocolate Festival at Seattle Center, Northwest Rooms
October 22, 2011 at 10am to October 23, 2011 at 6pm
The Northwest Chocolate Festival is proud to be the largest gathering of true Bean-To-Bar chocolate makers in the United States. We are delighted and tastefully surprised to be the largest dessert showcase in the city of Seattle.We also host the Best of the Northwest Dessert Awards and we always have fun at the competition night celebration.This year we focus on the agriculture of cacao ~ the fruit that makes great chocolate ~ and the techniques that set fine chocolate makers apart from the…See More
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- Dark, Milk, White?
- Dark, Milk, White
- Most memorable chocolate experience:
- Earning my PhD from the University of Washington by studying chocolate!
- My favorite chocolate is:
- all of them
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