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Theo Chocolate is a chocolatier in Seattle, Washington. Established in 2006 is the first organic fair trade-certified cocoa producer in the United States..〔"Fair Trade Gambit. (Cover Story)." Candy Industry 171.9 (2006): 18. MasterFILE Premier. Web. 23 Oct. 2012.〕 Theo has sourced beans from Costa Rica, Madagascar, Venezuela, the Dominican Republic, Peru, Ecuador, and the Congo.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=https://theochocolate.com/our-product-info/our-cocoa-beans )〕 An equatorial crop, cocoa in the United States grows only in Hawaii.〔Motavalli, Jim. "Sweet Dreams." E: The Environmental Magazine 18.6 (2007): 42-43. General Science Full Text (H.W. Wilson). Web. 22 Oct. 2012.〕 ==History== The business was established in 2006 by Jeff Fairhall and Joe Whinney in the Fremont, Seattle neighborhood. The business is located in a former brewery building at 3400 Phinney Avenue. Jeff Fairhall, founder of Seattle's Essential Baking Company, invested in establishing Theo Chocolate with Joe Whinney. When he was in his early 20s, Joe Whinney volunteered with a small conservation foundation in Southern Belize that was looking at the way that communities cultivated their crops. He discovered a passion for the cacao plant. He wanted to get into the business while supporting the farmers, and contacted 10 bean processors. One responded. While providing this business with organic materials and customers, Whinney was able to start saving up for a chocolate business of his own.〔 The business struggles to find a good supply of organic cocoa beans and came to a halt in 2002.After finding an interested investor in Seattle, Washington, the decision was made to build the Theo Chocolate factory, named after the Theobroma cacao tree.〔 Between 2004-2006 Fairhall sold all of his other business interests retaining only Theo Chocolate. He published more than 30 advertisements ''The Stranger (newspaper)'' about various religious ideas, revelations and conspiracy theories. He also acknowledged using magic mushrooms.〔 Fairhall died of brain cancer in 2007.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Theo Chocolate」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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