An Interview with Activist and Chocolate Maker, Gillian Goddard

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This interview was held at the Northwest Chocolate Festival at the Bell Harbor International Conference Center in Seattle, Washington.

Featured in this interview is one of the festival’s very special guests, Gillian Goddard of Sun Eaters Organics.

Gillian’s chocolate company is unique in that it’s main goals are not that of money or taste. Gillian simply uses this company as template for her activism, paying attention and trying to help oppressed cacao farmers and their families.

In this interview she answers what aspects of her business are the most important to pay attention to, what she would look for in the replacement of herself, and speaks about the differences in ethics between cultures. Enjoy!!

5 Favorite NW Chocolate Fesival Events

Day/Time Workshop Speaker
Saturday 11 AM Building a Healthy Ecosystem for Cacao and the Future of Chocolate Sunita de Tourreil
 Saturday 12 AM  Taste the Fruit of the Cocoa Tree!! Fresh Cacao Tasting  Bill Fredericks
 Saturday 1pm  Women in Chocolate Today  Andrina Bigelow, Chloe Doutre-Roussel, Maria Fernanda DI Giacobbe, Gillian Goddard, Deb Music, Sunita de Tourreil
  Saturday 3pm  When Farmers make Chocolate: Upsetting the System  Gillian Goddard
 Sunday 2pm  Better Quality Beans and Quality of Life for Cacao Farmers  Christina Liberati, Jose David Contreras Monjaras, Dinorah Elizabeth Burgos Munoz