Today we celebrate and give thanks to our majestic and mighty ‘‘Spaceship Earth’ for provisioning us with lifetimes of sustenance and wonder. We all know that the existence of our favorite treat, along with everything else we love, relies on a healthy planet. That we figured out how to transform the bitter seeds of a tropical cacao fruit into chocolate by careful cultivation, fermentation, drying, sorting, roasting, winnowing, refining, conching, tempering and molding seems almost magical. How fortunate are we, mere human-auts floating in space, that our planet provides the material and our brains invent the means to create such deliciousness?
We’re a tiny speck in the galaxy of chocolate, true, but we’re committed to being conscientious stewards of the human and planetary resources that pass through our hands at GDC.
Cheers to our beautiful, bountiful planet,
Jody
This year for Earth Day, we invite you to join us in helping to support the great work of the Heirloom Cacao Preservation Fund and receive free shipping on your next order!
It’s simple:
- Make a donation in any amount to HCP between Wednesday April 22nd and Sunday April 26th. CLICK HERE TO DONATE
- Email confirmation of the donation to chocolate@grocersdaughter.com.
- We’ll send you a free shipping code to use on our website with no expiration plus you’ll be entered in a drawing for one $100 GDC gift card, winner to be announced Monday April 27th.
Other Earth Day news from the shops
We’re on a mission to eliminate all single use petroleum-based plastic in our packaging and we’re thrilled to share that we’re moved all of our drinking chocolate, chocolate covered items and snacking discs to new compostable packaging!
GDC is sponsoring an education podcast produced by the Institute for Cacao and Chocolate Research based at Harvard to continue to advance research and knowledge into sustainable cacao and chocolate. Check it out!
In order to be better stewards of all resources and to create a roadmap for year over year improvement, we’ve started the BCorp certification process in 2026. Among other initiatives, this year we’re working on a new system to compost all of our food scraps and to-go paper cups. You can help us by ensuring you dispose of your paper cups in designated bins when they become available later this Spring!
