Canceled because of the Feb 8 snowstorm. Rescheduled for March 9th but canceled again.

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Part of The Botany of Indulgence Saturday program.

Cacao (Theobroma cacao) has been used for centuries as a beverage and as the delicacy we know as chocolate. From pre-Columbian Mayan and Aztec cultures that used cacao seeds ceremonially and as currency to European chocolate houses and the mass-produced commercial products of today, chocolate has a long, storied past. Learn the natural history of cacao and its many current and historic uses as well as the sustainable way of producing chocolate.