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Bill Guyton, World Cocoa Foundation president, resigns

Guyton to step down Dec. 31, 2015, after 15 years as president.

October 13, 2015

The World Cocoa Foundation Board of Directors has announced the resignation of Bill Guyton, who has served as WCF's president since the foundation was founded in 2000.

WCF in Latin America zeroes in on cocoa flavor, quality and genetics

World Cocoa Foundation meetings in San Salvador help raise Latin American awareness.

Abigail Watt

September 9, 2015

The World Cocoa Foundation (WCF) has kicked off meetings in San Salvador to discuss issues related to fine flavor cocoa, cocoa quality and plant genetics.

2.03 million: Cocoa industry needs to respond to rising child labor numbers

As new report shows an increase in child labor in the cocoa fields, it’s time to turn up the heat.

Bernie Pacyniak

August 19, 2015

It’s not what the industry expected. Not what people heavily committed to the cause expected.

Hershey, Barry Callebaut partner to help cocoa farmers

Learn to Grow expansion to benefit 8,000 Côte d’Ivoire cocoa farmers.

Alison Soley

August 5, 2015

For many cocoa farmers in Côte d’Ivoire, life is rife with both social and ethical issues.

World Cocoa Foundation weighs in on child labor

Tulane survey reveals improvements, but WCF seeks faster progress.

Alison Soley

August 5, 2015

Unfortunately, child labor is still a reality in today’s world.

World Cocoa Foundation President Bill Guyton

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One-on-one: 11 questions for WCF President Bill Guyton

Guyton, of the World Cocoa Foundation, talks climate change, listening to cocoa farmers, and his legacy.

Curtis Vreeland

June 24, 2015

Guyton discusses how his background in the Peace Corp shaped his perspective, what motivates corporations to pursue sustainability, and the future of the WCF.

WCF, Ivorian Government to work together to better cocoa farms.

Organizations to work together to provide skills and knowledge to help cocoa farmers become more competitive producers.

Crystal Lindell

April 8, 2015

The World Cocoa Foundation (WCF) and Côte d’Ivoire’s Conseil du Café-Cacao have announced an agreement to improve cocoa planting material.

WCF’s Partnership meeting celebrates group’s 15th anniversary

World Cocoa Foundation meeting in nation’s capital to focus on sustainability, future trends in cocoa.

Abigail Watt

March 4, 2015

The World Cocoa Foundation's 27th Partnership Meeting, which will be held June 30 – July 1 in Washington D.C., marks the WCF’'s 15th anniversary.

Cocoa sector joins fight against Ebola

Week-long campaign by World Cocoa Foundation nets $600,000 for West African effort.

Crystal Lindell

October 15, 2014

Seventy percent of the world's cocoa supply originates in West Africa, though the region's largest producers of the commodity, Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana, have thus far not experienced an outbreak of the Ebola virus.