{"id":56712,"date":"2023-04-04T22:38:34","date_gmt":"2023-04-05T02:38:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/?p=56712"},"modified":"2023-04-05T15:52:38","modified_gmt":"2023-04-05T19:52:38","slug":"smithsonian-adds-bird-friendly-certification-for-chocolate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/smithsonian-adds-bird-friendly-certification-for-chocolate\/","title":{"rendered":"Smithsonian Adds Bird Friendly Certification for Chocolate"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">From the Spring 2023 issue of&nbsp;<em>Living Bird<\/em>&nbsp;magazine.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/join.birds.cornell.edu\/page\/14522\/donate\/1?__hstc=75100365.1c483f054451ed10510ff3d865dd7c34.1667335660081.1679691653233.1679694350969.189&amp;__hssc=75100365.8.1679694350969&amp;__hsfp=3338797934\">Subscribe now<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"684\" height=\"589\" src=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/BIrd-Friendly-RaakaBar.jpg\" alt=\"A partially-unwrapped Zorzal Coconut Milk chocolate bar surrounded by pieces of coconut.\" class=\"wp-image-56760\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/BIrd-Friendly-RaakaBar.jpg 684w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/BIrd-Friendly-RaakaBar-480x413.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 684px) 100vw, 684px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photo courtesy Raaka Chocolate.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group sidebar-alignright order-bottom\"><div class=\"article-list list-style\"><h2 class=\"article-list-header\">More From Living Bird<\/h2><ul><li class=\"article-item\"><div class=\"article-item-container\"><div class=\"article-item-media  content-living-bird-toc\" 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class=\"article-item-body\"><a class=\"article-item-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/living-bird-spring-2023-table-of-contents\/\"><span class=\"article-item-header\">Living Bird Spring 2023\u2014Table Of Contents<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"article-item\"><div class=\"article-item-container\"><div class=\"article-item-media  content-living-bird-toc\" data-link-to=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/living-bird-spring-2026-table-of-contents\/\"><figure class=\"article-item-media-ratio\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/living-bird-latest.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/living-bird-latest.png 720w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/living-bird-latest-240x180.png 240w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/living-bird-latest-480x360.png 480w\" sizes=\"\" alt=\"Living Bird-latest issue\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"article-item-body\"><a class=\"article-item-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/living-bird-spring-2026-table-of-contents\/\"><span class=\"article-item-header\">Living Bird Magazine\u2014Latest Issue<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"article-item\"><div class=\"article-item-container\"><div class=\"article-item-media  content-article\" data-link-to=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/living-bird-magazine-archives\/\"><figure class=\"article-item-media-ratio\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/living-bird-acrhive.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/living-bird-acrhive.png 720w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/living-bird-acrhive-240x180.png 240w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/living-bird-acrhive-480x360.png 480w\" sizes=\"\" alt=\"Living Bird archives\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"article-item-body\"><a class=\"article-item-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/living-bird-magazine-archives\/\"><span class=\"article-item-header\">Living Bird Magazine Archives<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>There is now a clear way to choose chocolate that will satisfy both your sweet tooth and your environmental ethic. The Smithsonian\u2019s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute has expanded its Bird Friendly certification program to include standards for cacao farming. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The new certification guarantees 100% of the cocoa in a given product comes from farms that protect forests and native shade trees\u2014strategies proven to improve habitat for birds and other wildlife. \u201cCocoa production can conserve migratory birds and resident tropical birds and benefit farmers,\u201d says Ruth Bennett, research ecologist for the National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute and a former postdoctoral researcher at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Research published in 2021 in <em>Conservation Biology<\/em> led by Bennett found that cacao farms with 30% to 40% canopy cover and diverse shade trees maintained similar bird species diversity to native, undisturbed forests. Zorzal Cacao, a 1,019-acre bird reserve in the heart of the Dominican Republic, is the first cacao farm to receive the Bird Friendly certification (see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/first-of-its-kind-reserve-for-bicknells-thrush-in-the-dominican-republic\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"36727\">First-Of-Its-Kind Reserve for Bicknell\u2019s Thrush in the Dominican Republic<\/a>, <em>Living Bird, <\/em>Autumn 2018).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center first created its Bird Friendly certification standard for coffee more than 20 years ago. \u201cCocoa is the second crop certified by our long-standing program,\u201d says Scott Sillett, director of the SMBC. \u201cNow, both coffee and chocolate lovers can live Bird Friendly while indulging in their favorite treats.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From the Spring 2023 issue of&nbsp;Living Bird&nbsp;magazine.&nbsp;Subscribe now. 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