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FCIA launches Make Mine Fine chocolate marketplace

Website designed to boost sales during COVID-19 pandemic, educate on fine chocolate.

April 15, 2020

The Fine Chocolate Industry Association (FCIA) has launched Make Mine Fine, an online marketplace featuring specialty chocolates from the U.S. and abroad.

Panel highlighting Lutheran World Relief initiative to support Latin American cocoa farmers set for FCIA event

Elevate Chocolate program slated for June 22 in New York City.

May 29, 2019

A panel highlighting the launch of a Lutheran World Relief initiative designed to assist small-scale cocoa and coffee farmers in Latin America is set for the Fine Chocolate Industry Association’s (FCIA) “Elevate Chocolate” event next month.

NCA, FCIA release report investigating chocolate consumers

Chocolate represents 60 percent of confectionery industry sales.

May 13, 2019

A new report by the National Confectioners Association and the Fine Chocolate Industry Association is taking a detailed look at chocolate consumers, their preferences and their impact on the chocolate retail experience.

NCA’s John Downs highlights need for transparency, innovation

Downs, who recently spoke at the FCIA Elevate Chocolate event, also announced the NCA’s support for the Heirloom Cacao Preservation Fund.

Crystal Lindell

January 16, 2019

John Downs, president and ceo of the National Confectioners Association, recently spoke at the Fine Chocolate Industry Association’s Elevate Chocolate event in San Francisco, Calif., sharing information about the future of the chocolate category.

How the fine chocolate sector can learn from other craft industries

FCIA event offers look at how specialty coffee, craft beer industries define themselves.

Curtis Vreeland

September 7, 2018

Hoping to glean knowledge from other successful categories of craft food, the keynote presentation of the FCIA's event was "Learning from other Industries."

One-on-One: Bill Guyton, incoming executive director of the Fine Chocolate Industry Association

FCIA Elevate Chocolate event set for June 30 in New York City.

Curtis Vreeland

June 23, 2018

Bill Guyton, incoming president of the Fine Chocolate Industry Association, shares his interest in the role and his vision for FCIA, in addition to discussing the association’s Elevate Chocolate event in New York City, set for June 30.

FCIA appoints Bill Guyton as new executive director

Former director Karen Bryan to pursue creative writing career.

Christian Metzger

June 8, 2018

The Fine Chocolate Industry Association (FCIA) has named former World Cocoa Foundation President Bill Guyton as its new executive director, effective July 1.

Four cacao trees named in FCIA’s Heirloom Cacao Preservation Initiative

The four grand cru quality cacaos epitomize chocolate's varietal wine status potential.

Curtis Vreeland

February 19, 2014

The trees represent the first step in the Initiative’s goal of identifying and preserving the finest cacaos in the world. The trees were selected from applications submitted by growers in Bolivia, Ecuador and United States (Hawaii).

Looking (for) fine

Fine Chocolate Industry Association, USDA partner for fine-flavor cacao research, preservation

Alyse Thompson-Richards

July 24, 2012

It turns out pineapples, soybeans and cows are among chocolates biggest enemies, but a new project by the Fine Chocolate Industry Association (FCIA) is hoping to change that.

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FCIA launches Make Mine Fine chocolate marketplace

Panel highlighting Lutheran World Relief initiative to support Latin American cocoa farmers set for FCIA event

NCA, FCIA release report investigating chocolate consumers

NCA’s John Downs highlights need for transparency, innovation

How the fine chocolate sector can learn from other craft industries

One-on-One: Bill Guyton, incoming executive director of the Fine Chocolate Industry Association

FCIA appoints Bill Guyton as new executive director

Four cacao trees named in FCIA’s Heirloom Cacao Preservation Initiative

Looking (for) fine

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