Shawn Askinosie, founder and CEO of Askinosie Chocolate, an award-winning craft chocolate factory widely considered to be a vanguard in the industry, will share ideas from his new book which details how he discovered the secret to finding a vocation – and how to do purposeful work that comes from your heart as well as your head. Shawn has pioneered direct trade and profit sharing in the craft chocolate industry with farmers around the world. In addition to developing relationships with smallholder farmers, the company also partners with schools in their origin communities to provide lunch to 1,000 children every day with no outside donations. Chocolate will be sampled and the first 50 attendees will receive a free book.
In 2005, Shawn Askinosie left a successful career as a criminal defense lawyer to start a bean to bar chocolate factory and never looked back.Askinosie Chocolate is a small batch, award winning chocolate factory located in Springfield, Missouri, sourcing 100% of their beans directly... Read More →
