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As part-owner of Mama Ganache Artisan Chocolates, Tom Neuhaus is not only a green enetrepreneur, but also a green-economy educator and advocate whose annual travels to the cocoa-producing countries of West Africa will soon result in a cocoa study center slated to open its doors this summer.

Located in Ekona, Cameroon, the center will will serve, Tom tells us, "as a site for the meeting of minds—of university students, of small business owners, and of cocoa farmers"—with a goal of helping farmers set up their own artisan chocolate businesses. We asked Tom to tell us more about his own artisan chocolate business and about his travels to Africa...

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Was the bread in your toaster or on your sandwich at lunchtime baked by the sun? If it came from the Alvarado Street Bakery it was. This commitment to renewable energy in its business practices got the bakery nominated for a People & Planet Award from Green America, though it is only one of many green facets of Alvarado Street Bakery.

From waste-reduction principles to a commitment to organics and non-GMO products to its worker-owned structure, the bakery embodies green principles throughout. We asked worker-owner Michael Girkout to tell us more about Alvarado's busienss model, its sprouted-wheat bread, and the mysterious cat on the logo...

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