Goodnow Farms

Tom and Monica Rogan make bean to bar chocolate on a farm in Sudbury, Massachusetts, starting from cacao they buy directly from growers. Each bar uses beans from one farm or region in Latin America.

About Goodnow Farms

Based in
Sudbury, Massachusetts
Known for
single origin bean to bar chocolate

Goodnow Farms works out of a barn on a 225 year old farm in Sudbury, Massachusetts. Tom and Monica Rogan do every step in-house, starting with cacao beans and sugar: they roast, winnow, grind and press the cacao themselves, and they press their own cocoa butter rather than buying it.

Single origin is the point. Each bar uses beans from one farm or region in Latin America, bought through direct relationships with the farmers, and the couple travel to the source, from Guatemala and Nicaragua to Peru and Ecuador. Every bar is wrapped by hand.

Goodnow Farms questions

What does single origin mean on a Goodnow Farms bar?

It means all the cacao beans in the bar come from one place, a single farm or region, instead of a blend from several countries. Goodnow Farms notes that different regions of South and Central America have cacao with different genetics. Goodnow Farms buys its beans directly from farmers in Latin America, in countries such as Guatemala, Nicaragua, Peru and Ecuador.

What does bean to bar mean at Goodnow Farms?

Bean to bar means the maker buys cacao beans that have already been fermented and dried at origin, then carries them all the way to a finished bar. Tom and Monica Rogan roast the beans, then winnow them, which means removing the papery husk to leave the inner pieces called nibs. They then grind the nibs into chocolate and press their own cocoa butter, and every step from roasting to wrapping happens at their farm in Sudbury.

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