Mara Mennicken

I am a chocolate lover and health enthusiast. I believe in nurturing my body with the best I can find because I want to turn 100 healthy years old. I am so captivated by the advancements of the world that I can’t wait to see what all of us will create in the next 70+ years. I hope that with a fairly traded, organic, and plant-based product I can contribute to a sustainable future that is based on high quality and coated in sweetness 🙂

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Raised into an ethical life way, I was always concerned with the story behind a product. I wanted to know how it was produced, what was in it, and whether my consumption would have a positive or negative effect in long term – on the environment, on other people, and on myself. I found that quality matters more than quantity and that ‘Organic’ does not imply ‘Ethical’ at all.

I went vegan in 2012 after my Yoga Teacher Training in Thailand. During this time, I also discovered my deep indulgence for healthy dark chocolate. The more I was becoming an intuitive eater, the more I noticed that my body wanted chocolate as much as my mind and mouth did. Score! 

Then I came to Canada as a student, and along with that very fulfilling transition, The Good Chocolatier emerged! My final project at University was around Social Enterprising and how to turn a small business into a social enterprise to change some of the existing power imbalances in our current system. Long study short, it works! Ask me about how if you are curious to learn more.