Theo's Friend
Theobroma cacao is the seed that saved her life said Sarah Bharath. Now she dedicates herself to teaching others what she learned. How Sarah Bharath became a cocoa consultant and what she has learned from seeds. This is her story as told to Pat Ganase. I keep a lab/ office in my parents’ home in Central where I was born and grew up with two younger brothers. My Dad was a teacher and we went to primary school where he was teaching, Palmiste Government Primary just beyond Longdenville. My mother was the teacher at home. I moved to St Joseph’s Convent in St Joseph, then went to UWI St Augustine. For my undergrad, I studied Plant Sciences. Professor Julian Duncan and Dr Ralph Phelps made me fall in love with plant science; theirs was an era of true scholarship, one that required you to read for your degree. I am a voracious reader, cultivated by my parents. The seeds that saved her life, photo by Ricardo Messon “A cow should graze where it’s tied” That’s what a profe...