If all goes well, and if the test results are verified to the state government's satisfaction by a third-party auditor, which should happen within a few weeks, the plant will begin trucking mountains of used and otherwise useless (but free) cocoa-bean shells to the plant early next year.

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In Tsou language, fona refers to the hyacinth bean, which comes from a perennial plant that grows well on barren soil and adverse conditions.

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