Sat 25 Oct
|Carrow House - Orangery & Garden Room
Guided Chocolate Experience: Chocolate & Change — People, Power & the Future
Taste with context as voices from cocoa-growing communities lift the lid on life behind the bar—past to present—and what Responsible change can look like. Compare everyday confectionery and industrial styles with craft and origin-made bars, and leave with clear, hopeful next steps.
Time & Location
25 Oct 2025, 14:15 – 15:45
Carrow House - Orangery & Garden Room, 301 King St, Norwich NR1 2TG, UK
About The Event
What is it really like to live in a cocoa-growing community? What has changed since the colonial era — and what hasn’t? How do companies relate to farmers and families in practice?Across 90 minutes, we’ll listen to special guests rooted in cocoa communities — alongside partners who work with farmers — to compare experiences from West Africa, the Americas and beyond. We’ll surface what daily life looks like, notice similarities and differences, and explore hopeful, community-led ways forward. We’ll taste along the way to connect every story to flavour. Designed for adults.
What we’ll cover (clear, practical and human)
Life in cocoa communities today — seasons and cash flow, care work and schooling, youth prospects, gender roles, climate shocks and recovery.
Similarities & differences across regions — farm sizes, crops alongside cocoa, co-ops, local processing, and how these shape daily life.
History & colonial legacies — how centuries of trade set prices and power; what’s changed (laws,…