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The Collective

Growers who make their own chocolate

The Cross Atlantic Chocolate Collective brings together cacao growers in Africa and the Caribbean, plus a team in the USA. Members cultivate the fruit, process the beans, temper the couverture and sell their own chocolate, sharing information, skills and support.

Both sides of the Atlantic

For launch we’re featuring five origins. The wider collective spans 13 countries.

Caribbean and North America

  • St. Lucia
  • Trinidad and Tobago
  • Dominica
  • Grenada
  • Jamaica
  • USA

Africa

  • Côte d’Ivoire
  • Cameroon
  • Ghana
  • Malawi
  • Nigeria
  • Tanzania
  • Uganda

Bold: featured origin for launchOther names: members of the wider collective

The five origins

Who grows and makes chocolate in each place, as told on the collective’s current website.

  1. 01 · Caribbean

    St. Lucia

    • Members here include Micoud Chocolate Company, a woman-owned business from the Micoud area, founded in 2018.
    • It buys beans only from farmers in its own area, and makes dark chocolate there.

    In our drinking chocolate: Single origin or blend TBD

  2. 02 · Caribbean

    Trinidad and Tobago

    • Home of ARC, the non-profit behind Chocolate Rebellion, founded in 2014. Its community centre is in St Augustine.
    • The collective’s founder and convener, Gillian Goddard of Sun Eaters Organics, is featured here.
    • In the 1920s Trinidad and Tobago produced more than 35,000 metric tons of cocoa a year. Today it’s less than 1,000.

    In our drinking chocolate: Single origin or blend TBD

  3. 03 · Africa

    • The world’s largest producer of cocoa beans: about 1.8 million tonnes in 2017, and around 40% of the country’s export income.

    Members: Member profile TBD

    In our drinking chocolate: Single origin or blend TBD

  4. 04 · Africa

    Cameroon

    • Members here include Celvastine Tendi, who was raised by cocoa farmers, is developing a 20-hectare cocoa estate and runs a small cocoa trading company.

    In our drinking chocolate: Single origin or blend TBD

  5. 05 · Africa

    Ghana

    • Members here include Leticia A. Yankey and Nana Aduna II of Ohene Cocoa.

    In our drinking chocolate: Single origin or blend TBD

Member details are taken from chocolaterebellion.com and will be confirmed with each member before launch. Member profiles and photos TBD

The wider collective

Thirteen member countries, and one idea: the people who grow cacao should be the ones who make, and sell, the chocolate.

  • Cameroon Africa
  • Côte d’Ivoire Africa
  • Ghana Africa
  • Malawi Africa
  • Nigeria Africa
  • Tanzania Africa
  • Uganda Africa
  • Dominica Caribbean
  • Grenada Caribbean
  • Jamaica Caribbean
  • St. Lucia Caribbean
  • Trinidad and Tobago Caribbean
  • USA North America