Located in the Sambirano Valley in the North-West of Madagascar, Åkesson’s 2000ha Bejofo Estate has been producing world-famous aromatic cocoa since 1920.
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Tujikomboe Farmers Group, Tanzania provided by TechnoServe.
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TOLEDO DISTRICT, BELIZE
Maya Mountain Cacao sources premium cocoa beans from smallholder Belizean farmers for makers of fine chocolate products.
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TOLEDO DISTRICT, BELIZE
Wild uncultivated cacao trees on the Belize Foundation for Research and Environmental Education (BFREE) nature reserve.
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Daniel O’Doherty took an interest to restore this family farm in Costa Rica and brought the beans to HCP for evaluation
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Kampura FarmsIZABAL, GUATEMALA
We have converted over 750 hectares of open pastures into forests. In order to create our forests we have planted more than 500,000 trees.
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Finca Flores de MiriamSanta Lucía Cotzumalguapa, Escuintla
The farm has 90 hectares of land dedicated to the production of sugar cane, hearts of palm, and 2 hectares of cocoa. These 2 Ha of cocoa cultivation, has 6 different clones of cocoa from which beans are harvested that are used to make an alcoholic cocoa drink called Mil Alas.
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Finca NahuatancilloFinca Nahautancillo is located in the municipality of El Tumbador, San Marcos and is owned by Insa Thiele. It was founded in 1880 and extends over 540 Ha, where coffee, macadamia nuts, rubber and cacao are grown. Seventy-two of these hectares boast white bean cacao she calls ‘acriolliados’ awarding the finca first place in the national cocoa of excellence competition in 2017.
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The Chuno cacao bean is a single-variety, processed separately from harvest to export to preserve its unique flavor characteristics.
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Municipios de La Dalia, El Cua, Bocay departamento de Jinotega, Nicaragua Variety–Nicalizo provided by Ingemann Fine Cocoa
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The Hawaii Agriculture Research Center’s Maunawili Substation is an 80-acre farm situated in Maunawili Valley near Kailua, Oahu.
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Volker Lehmann left his native Germany for Bolivia in 2000. In 2008 he started to work with farmers in Alto Beni to develop a Fine Flavor Cacao Production.
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Volker Lehmann left his native Germany for Bolivia in 2000. With farmer family background, he developed the jungle estate “tranquilidad” and a wild harvest collection system.
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APOVINCES Cooperative, Ecuador Boquerón and Playas de Vinces Communities provided by Julio Cerezo
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ASOANE is an association of 25 producers of artisanal agriculture located in Puerto Quito, Ecuador.
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Hacienda Limon is located at the foot of the Andes Mountain Range, between endless plantations of cacao and banana.
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Piedra de Plata, Ecuador provided by To’ak
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Located in Malagos at the foothills of Mt. Talomo, the Puentespinas operate a 24-hectare cacao farm in Malagos.
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Helen de Vista Choco FarmMonte Vista
Davao de Oro, Philippines Provided by Jacques De Waele HCP Designee #19 Designated 2024 Helen Milgar Caintic and her husband of Helen de Vista Choco Farm from Concepcion Monte Vista, Davao de Oro, Philippines purchased the cacao farm from her father-in-law in 2014. |
Gò Công Tây District,
Tien Giang, Vietnam Provided by Marou - Faiseurs de Chocolat HCP Designee #18 Designated 2024 VO Thanh Phuoc and his wife run and manage their farm, which hosts three hundred cacao trees in total. Two hundred of the trees are still standing following a cacao-planting project led by the local government in 2006. Between 2019 and 2022, Marou Chocolate planted and provided an additional one hundred seedlings. |