Agroforestry
Collective term for land-use systems and technologies where woody perennials and/or animals co-occur in an intentional spatial and temporal arrangement.
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Alternative Milk/Mylk
Plant-based products sourced from nuts, seeds, rice, oats, or legumes and marketed and sold as alternatives to milk derived from mammals.
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Antioxidant
Free radicals formed by oxidation reactions are reactive compounds that have an unpaired electron and can cause food spoilage and damage to cells in the View Entry
Award
A form of recognition given for the achievement of displaying certain desirable qualities.
This is usually based on the decision of a group of judges View Entry
B Corp
B corps are for-profit corporations that have received certification from B Lab, a nonprofit organization that certifies businesses that meet specific social, environmental, and governance View Entry
Biodiversity
Biodiversity refers to the total amount of variation found in living things. In terms of cacao, biodiversity refers to the genetic variation within the plant, View Entry
Black, Indigenous, & People of Color (BIPOC)
BIPOC is an acronym that stands for Black, Indigenous, and People of Color. It is a term used to collectively refer to individuals and communities View Entry
Cacao
Cacao is an ancient Indigenous American word that refers to the tree Theobroma cacao, and both unprepared and prepared (into food or drink) tree View Entry
Cacao, Specialty
Specialty cacao is cacao produced on a notion of quality in every single step of the supply chain from the seeds to the cocoa beans. View Entry
Cacao, wild (native)
Wild cacao denotes any pod from trees that occur spontaneous (without human interference) or subspontaneous (wild cacao trees exploited by man) in the Amazon Forest. View Entry