At Taza, we strive to be industry leaders in transparency. We believe that anyone who eats our chocolate deserves to know the story behind it.

Each year we publish a groundbreaking Annual Cacao Sourcing Transparency Report, sharing the prices we pay to our partners for cacao through our Direct Trade Certified Cacao sourcing program -- always at least $500 per metric ton above the world market price.

This year, we have gone even further. Taza Cocoa Sourcing Manager Jesse Last asked a challenging new question: How much of the money we pay our partners makes its way to individual farmers? Our report documents his journey to understanding what the price Taza pays really means -- and what it doesn't -- to the men and women who grow our beans. In his words:

"In pioneering a radical level of transparency down to the farm level, we hope to spark a larger conversation between farmers, processors, chocolate makers and consumers around the creation of a chocolate industry that is seriously good and fair for all."

We hope you'll join this conversation!

Click here to read the 2016 Transparency Report.
Click here to learn more about Taza's Direct Trade sourcing, how we choose to do things differently, and why it matters.

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