And what does it have to do with chocolate? Regeneration is one of Nova Monda’s core values and it is a foundation on which we’re building our business. Over the next two weeks I will bring you a two part series on this transformational business model. The series will culminate on Earth Day, Sunday, April [...]
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What is Regenerative?
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Interlude: A Note From Gregory in Nicaragua
As Giff and I drove up the arduous mountain road he recounted the mythical story of the treasure he had found not long ago. “We were walking back from the small cacao plantation on the farm of Don Alvaro Castillo. All of a sudden I had this funny feeling I was being watched. Looking up [...]
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Also tagged Cacao Hunting, Criollo Cacao, Mythology, Rabbit, Storytelling
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The Amazing, Mythical Journey of the Spring Rabbit (Part 2)
A note on terminology: Â I use ‘Rabbit’ and ‘rabbit’, as well as ‘Moon’ and ‘moon’ here. Rabbit and Moon (with capital letters) refers to these entities in a much bigger, archetypal way as beings who carry with them large cultural meanings and significance, whereas rabbit and moon (with small letters) are simply what we see [...]
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The Amazing, Mythical Journey of the Spring Rabbit (Part 1)
Nova Monda Journal 6: The Amazing, Mythical Journey of the Spring Rabbit Part 1 In AD 325, the Council of Nicaea was convened by the Roman Emperor, Constantinople. At this council, the date of Easter was officially tied to the cycles of the moon. From that time on, the resurrection of Jesus has been celebrated [...]
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Your Chocolate Journal: The Importance of a Seed
Our story begins in the last half of the last century. There was great change afoot in Nicaragua and much of Latin America was feeling the crush of military and political powers from abroad. Or perhaps it begins earlier, in 1926 when Augusto Cesar Sandino returned to Nicaragua radicalized and ready to lead his “anti-imperialist†[...]
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Also tagged Cacao, Chocolate Journal, Direct Trade, Fair Trade, Nova Monda Cacao & Chocolate, Sara Rose, Storytelling, Sustainability
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Beyond Fair Trade
Nova Monda:Regenerative Enterprise, International Commerce, and Chocolate in the days of Occupy. Question: What does chocolate have to do with planetary regeneration, social change, monetary policy, and the future of human kind? Answer: Everything. Cacao, the almond-sized seed responsible for crafting chocolate, has an ancient history as a currency; sacred offering; and holy drink. Â Nowadays, [...]
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What is Regenerative? (PART 2)
Regeneration as a business model for Nova Monda manifests in many different ways: in our commitment to building capacity in and amongst the communities where we purchase cacao; in the creation of a market for heirloom varieties of cacao that might otherwise become extinct; by creating a work environment built on communication, respect and accountability; [...]