{"id":1024,"date":"2019-05-21T18:47:00","date_gmt":"2019-05-21T18:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.divinechocolate.com\/blog\/kuapa-kokoo-farmers-five-city-american-tour\/"},"modified":"2019-05-21T18:47:43","modified_gmt":"2021-09-08T10:00:23","slug":"kuapa-kokoo-farmers-five-city-american-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.divinechocolate.com\/divine-world\/kuapa-kokoo-farmers-five-city-american-tour\/","title":{"rendered":"Kuapa Kokoo farmers&#8217; five-city American tour"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>In 2013, Divine Chocolate USA hosted two farmer representatives from Kuapa Kokoo: Christiana and Afriye. They had a robust itinerary, traveling across many cities and meeting various people along the way! 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