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Rainforest Alliance

The cocoa farmer behind your chocolate

Rainforest Alliance cocoa farmer
Cocoa farmer Adrien Kouadio is part of a Rainforest Alliance Certified cooperative in Côte d’Ivoire. Photograph: The Rainforest Alliance

Ask any kid who celebrates Halloween – being a zombie, superhero or wacky robot for a night may be fun – but the best part of Halloween is the candy. And when trick-or-treating is over and the end-of-the-night accounting and trading of treats begins, chocolate has the highest value.

This year, before children polish off their Halloween loot, introduce them to this farmer in Côte d’Ivoire who grows cocoa on his Rainforest Alliance Certified™ farm. Adrien Kouadio nurtures his land and is a leader in his community when it comes to earth-friendly farming – oh, and local football, too. One of the many ways you can support Kouadio and his family is by looking for our green frog seal on the chocolate you buy. If you need help finding it, check out our mobile-friendly Shop the Frog tool.

Adrien Koffi Kouadio owns a Rainforest Alliance Certified cocoa farm in Paul Kru, Côte d’Ivoire. For Kouadio, cocoa cultivation is a way of life that is intertwined with family traditions reaching back for generations.

Content on this page is provided by the Rainforest Alliance, supporter of the Vital Signs platform.

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