Discussing education for chocolate professionals, Penn State Emeritus Professor Greg Ziegler and CacaoLab Executive Director Claudia Delbaere share lessons learned from teaching generations of students in established institutions, as well as the constraints that the ever-changing supply chain imposes on chocolate manufacturing and the mastery of confectionery formulation.Learn more about educational opportunities at CacaoLab: <a href="https://www.cacaolab.be/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.cacaolab.be/</a> Sign up for the upcoming PSU Short Chocolate Course June 22-26, 2026: <a href="https://web.cvent.com/event/d930b4b6-9877-4b62-8bd4-df82b22bd1d9/summary" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://web.cvent.com/event/d930b4b6-9877-4b62-8bd4-df82b22bd1d9/summary</a> Connect with our guests via LinkedIn:Claudia Delbaere <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/claudiadelbaere/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/in/claudiadelbaere/</a> Greg Ziegler <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/grgryrzglr/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/in/grgryrzglr/</a>

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Welcome to the Chocolate Conservatory, a podcast brought to you by the Institute for Cacao and Chocolate Research and Heirloom Cacao Preservation Fund. In each episode, scholars Carla D. Martin and Jose Lopez Ganem host a conversation with researchers and industry members engaged in the study of pressing issues related to cacao and chocolate. They use these conversations to bring research to life and put you in the middle of the questions being asked and solutions being proposed and practiced. From the social sciences to hard sciences, arts and humanities to business and finance, they take you directly to the thinkers who are shaping conversations today.

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