User:Mitchell.bell.j/sandbox

Comments from Heather:
9/25- Good start Mitchell. The Organic Chocolate wikipedia page is right here: Organic chocolate. Check it out and then update "what I will work on." This Sandbox also needs a work log with all the hours you spend working on the project, a list of quality sources from the Butte College library and ideally a copy of the parts of the page you'll be working on. Let me know if you have questions. :)

10/16- Good work! Please paste in the passages you plan to write or update (with sources if possible) in order to get credit for this week--by 10/21.

Comments from Tia Germar (Librarian)
10/23- Hi Mitchell. The types of sources you have found already are really great. Academic articles from the databases are always a good bet for Wikipedia. I found a couple more sources that should help you as well:


 * I found these two articles in Proquest (Dagoba Organic Chocolate and How do Chocolate Lovers Balance Taste and Ethical Consideration). Side note: the first 3 sections in the Chocolate Lovers article seemed relevant, I'm not sure the accompanying experiment would be relevant but definitely check it out. The great thing about these two articles are that they mention the top governing bodies who certify cocoa: Fairtrade Labelling Organizations International, UTZ certified, Rainforest Alliance, and International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements (IFOAM). You can go to the websites for these companies and they will give you information on their cocoa farms.
 * Fairtrade International Make sure to scroll to the bottom to read the Guidance document
 * Rainforest Alliance
 * I didn't look up the links to the other two but I recommend it
 * One thing that I had a hard time finding information on was on the production/manufacturing process. From what I can find, the criteria for certifying cocoa as organic is in the growing process. The only thing I saw that mentioned the manufacturing was that any additional ingredients (sugar, milk, etc.) also had to be organic in order for the finished product to be considered fully organic. I will keep searching but that might be a topic to reconsider.
 * In addition, there was a lot of cross information between organic and fair trade. For instance the article you found titled, Sweet Dreams, was mostly about fair trade and not necessarily organic cocoa. That is just something to be aware of. You could include a paragraph on the difference between fair trade and organic.
 * The article you found, Enlightened Endulgence, has really great information on why non-organic is a problem.
 * I would caution using the GVRL article because it appears to be about chocolate in general and only mentions organic chocolate briefly.

What I will work on:
When looking over the article for Organic Chocolate was that there is currently no wiki page for it. I want to add information about the differences of Regular Chocolate and Organic Chocolate. I also want to go over how the process of making it is different.

(10/14)- Now that I've looked over the existing Organic Chocolate wiki page I see that there is not a whole lot of information on how it differs in the way of production in comparison to other forms of chocolate. I also want to look into the different health benefits to eating Organic Chocolate compared to Regular Chocolate

(10/21)- The main passage that I'm working on is involving the production process, mainly with the differences in ingredients used.

Work Log:
(10/14)- Updated "What I Will Work On, added this "Work Log", and added a "Sources list".

(10/14)- Added a section for some beginning drafting for the Organic Chocolate article, including subsection for "Production Process" and "Health Benefits".

(10/14)- Added three new sources. (Still compelling the passages that I plan on using for working on the article!)

(10/21)- Included a rough passage on how the production process happens, the information provided come from "Sweet Dreams" (https://search-proquest-com.butte.idm.oclc.org/docview/229000199/fulltext/6D714DF70F7947CEPQ/1?accountid=39071)

(10/28)- Got rid of the article from GVRL because it was to general when concerning chocolate.

(10/28)- Added the articles given to me by Tia

(10/28) Got rid of the 'Health Benefits" page and replaced it with the "Difference between fair trade and organic"

(10/28) Added the references list and added a citation (Although I'm not sure if I've cited properly)

Sources List:
First Source: Chocolate

Second Source: https://search-proquest-com.butte.idm.oclc.org/docview/228979413/fulltext/4782DF7DDA7F407BPQ/1?accountid=39071

Third Source: https://search-proquest-com.butte.idm.oclc.org/docview/229000199/fulltextPDF/F94A354F6C80494DPQ/1?accountid=39071

Fourth Source: https://butte.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://search.proquest.com/docview/2081643271?accountid=39071

Fifth Source: https://www.fairtrade.net/products/cocoa.html

Sixth Source: https://www.rainforest-alliance.org/articles/rainforest-alliance-certified-cocoa

= Drafting of "Organic Chocolate" Article: =

Production Process
The Seattle based chocolate maker Theo Chocolate was one of the first companies that were "fair-trade certified" and produced Organic Chocolate. In 2006 Theo Chocolate began their production of organic chocolate, there were no solid guidelines for the manufacturing and they had to get the process and ingredients in the correct measurements. The main ingredient in chocolate, cocoa is going to be found close to the equator and the majority of it is grown in Western Africa. The organic cocoa, the main ingredient in organic chocolate, is sent to the chocolate factor where they arrive in burlap sacks. The cocoa beans are then thoroughly cleaned and foreign objects are removed until just the beans remain. The manufacturer makes sure to use all organic ingredients to ensure that the final product is truly organic.