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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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. |