The Department of Labor announced the grant in September, along with seven million dollars promised by the international cocoa industry.

VOA: special.2010.10.26

Chocolate comes from cocoa beans, and more than half of those beans come from two countries in West Africa.

VOA: special.2010.10.26

Chocolate makers have their own special recipes in which they combine chocolate liquor with exact amounts of sugar, milk and cocoa fat.

VOA: special.2010.02.17

For example,in two thousand five, the United States bought one point four billion dollars worth of cocoa products.

VOA: special.2010.02.17

She's cocoa brown with the red undertones. She's got the night sky in her eyes, but she wears glitter shirts so she can shine.

VOA: special.2009.04.27

American Senator Tom Harkin and Representative Elliott Engel led negotiations with the chocolate and cocoa industries.

VOA: special.2010.10.26

It could be sawdust or agricultural waste like grain hulls, cocoa or coffee shells.

VOA: special.2009.06.22

Their beans are used to make cocoa powder, cocoa butter and of course chocolate.

VOA: special.2010.10.19

The World Cocoa Foundation says an average pod contains twenty to fifty beans.

VOA: special.2010.10.19

This gets separated into cocoa solids and a fat called cocoa butter.

VOA: special.2010.02.17

Higher Grounds Caf, in West Hills,California, started with 10 students, and now has 50 members working together to sell fair trade, certified organic tea, coffee and cocoa grown by farmers in Africa.

VOA: standard.2009.12.04

"There are opportunities for small farmers in Africa in this market for some tropical products that cannot be grown in North America or Europe, for example products like organic cocoa or organic sugar,organic fruits and vegetables."

VOA: standard.2010.04.11