📖 The book 'Plantation Knowledge' includes a chapter by Marta Macedo that 'explores the deep entanglements established between São Tomé and the Congo through projects of cocoa plantations over the course of two decades, from the early 1890s to the early 1910s.'

🔓 The book is available via #OpenAccess: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12648/17059

#Histodons #Colonialism #Belgium #Portugal #Congo #SãoToméEPríncipe #Plantations #Cocoa #AgriculturalHistory

This #Easter I’m boycotting Ferrero, Nestle, Mars, Hersheys #chocolate. Because #palmoil and #cocoa in these products causes #deforestation and #extinction. I DEMAND big brands go #palmoil free and I #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife! @palmoildetectives

https://palmoildetectives.com/2024/03/13/why-you-should-only-buy-palm-oil-free-chocolate-this-easter/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=Palm+Oil+Detectives&utm_campaign=publer

I had missed the news that after years of growth, #cocoa prices have crashed on the international market.

https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/brazils-dreams-industrial-scale-cocoa-farms-fading-after-price-crash-2026-03-12/

By the way, after the giant price hikes of the past few years, #cocoa is now too cheap again and is literally rotting on the fields as it doesn't pay enough to put in the hard work of actually harvesting it. The invisible hand at work. Le sigh. (From around US$2500/to in 2022/23 to US$11000/to at its peak in 2025, now back to around US$3000/to)

https://www.africanews.com/2026/03/09/cocoa-crash-leaves-west-african-farmers-struggling-despite-global-chocolate-demand/ and https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/brazils-dreams-industrial-scale-cocoa-farms-fading-after-price-crash-2026-03-12/