At the Women in Chocolate Panel there were many women with fascinating stories, but one woman in particular stood out the most. Gillian Goddard is a Trinidadian chocolatier and founder of Sun Eaters Organics. Unlike her fellow panel mates, Goddard did not start her company because she is a fan of chocolate, but because it is a tool of activism against colonization in Trinidad. According to Goddard, when the Spanish came to Trinidad in 18th century, they could not cultivate the indigenous cacao well, so they sold the land to the French. Once the French got a hold of Trinidad, they set up thousands of efficient growing cacao fields, opening the gateway for French colonization. Goddard’s definition of colonialism is “when a community can no loner satisfy its needs from its own ecosystem”. Today, 90% of food in Trinidad is exported; and many crops are exported out of the country to be processed elsewhere and then re-imported back into the country. The goal of Sun Eaters Organics is to increase the production and distribution of locally grown products and minimize dependency from outside sources. Most of the money that Goddard receives for her company is from non-government organizations. Although Goddard’s goal is good-natured, she still faces many difficulties being a female farmer (disrespect and arrogance from male farmers, unwillingness to share resources, etc.). At the moment, the world of chocolate is very defined, men work with machines and culinary techniques while women work with cashiers and customers, but there are female chocolatiers like Gillian Goddard are changing this one bar at a time.