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Biotech firms are utilizing precise fermentation to convert vegetable matter (e.g. potatoes) into chocolate in an attempt to reduce the child-labor (2 million kids employed in Western African cacao farms) and deforestation (-80% in Ivory Coast alone) that result from providing the world with chocolate.

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Biotech firms are utilizing precise fermentation to convert vegetable matter (e.g. potatoes) into chocolate in an attempt to reduce the child-labor (2 million kids employed in Western African cacao farms) and deforestation (-80% in Ivory Coast alone) that result from providing the world with chocolate.

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