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'''Madécasse is a chocolate brand sold wholesale and retail primarily in US and Canada but also in Europe . Their chocolate is made and packaged in Madagascar and can therefore be considered a produced from bean-to-bar in Madagascar using cocoa of single source origin cocoa chocolate brand.'''
[[File:Cinagra 122.jpg|600px|thumb|none|Madécasse chocolate produced at the [[Cinagra]] factory in [[Antananarivo]]]]
Two former Peace Corps workers, Tim McCollum and Brett Beach, co-founded Madécasse in 2008 while working in Madagascar with an aim to benefit a local farming industry through a cooperative of 45 farmers. Their chocolate was originally made and packaged by the [[Chocolaterie Robert]] factory in Antananarivo and is since 2009 produced and packaged by [[Cinagra]], Madagascar's second Antananarivo based using cocoa from plantations in [[Ambanja]], such as the [[Millot Plantation]]. [[File:Madecasse bars 2014.jpg|600px|thumb|none|Madécasse bars in a chocolate maker.store]]
In 2011, Madécasse was awarded one of ''[http://www.fastcompany.com/most-innovative-companies/2011/profile/madecasse.php 50 Most Innovative Companies]'' by ''[http://www.fastcompany.com Fast Company]'' - a media company which features unique business concepts and the individuals behind them in their printed and online publications.
== Additional information ==
* [[COCOMA]] - Cocoa Company of Madagascar
* http://www.theconche.com/2009/01/madecasse-67-75/
* http://tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/10/tasteful-company-madecasse/
* http://www.sugoodsweets.com/blog/category/chocolate/nutella/
* http://www.smsmallbiz.com/bestpractices/Launching_a_Business_With_a_Cause.html
