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Hi folks vanilla and, two of the most beloved flavors in the world, have been linked since the beginning.

Both products, the vanilla bean and the cacao pod, originated in Mexico thousands of years ago where Aztec

use vanilla to make the bitter cocoa powder in their sacred chocolate drink

more palatable. Today these two flavors in both natural and artificial forms dominate our dessert

options from ice cream scoops to the sweet snacks and grocery aisles. But most of the

producers of both ruthlessly extract wealth from communities in the global south

and come with all of the environmental and social problems of a system that leaves small older farmers in poverty.

How can we reconcile our love of these essential

flavors with their problematic production? Can we hold large companies

accountable and is it possible to produce vanilla and chocolate in a different and better way?

In this comprehensive episode of Food Prince what you're eating,

our friend, partner, and contributor, Jerusalem,

Jerusalemer, explores all of these questions. partner and

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