PROJECT TIMELINE
Updated: July 2022
Spring 2022
The growers from the indiginous Chachi community in Loma Linda received pruning shears to facilitate the cacao harvest and improve agricultural practices.
Winter 2021
We started a cooperation with the ‘International Analog Forestry Network Ecuador’ to improve the skills of seed collection, storage and nursery management and discovered the thousands of Ha of cloud forest around the Chachi communities.
Autum 2021
Our new 70g bar Esmeraldas 50% made it back to the cacao growers.
Summer 2021
Our cacao growers are planting the first 5.000 local timber trees in the community of Loma Linda in the Cotacachi Cayapas reserve.
Spring 2021
Our local partner built a solar dryer to enable the community to process cacao on their own.
Winter 2020
Our local partner purchases the first cacao which is transported 4 hours down the river by canoe from Loma Linda to Borbon.
Autumn 2020
Our local Bean Team set up the first nursery in the community Loma Linda at the Cayapas river for the production of 10.000 seedlings of native and commercial timber tree species.
Autumn 2020
Our Conservation Cacao Leader Jan is visiting the Chachi communities at the Cayapas river to prepare the upcoming harvest and start of the project.
Summer 2020
We integrated the indiginous communities from the Cotacachi Cayapas Eco reserve into the local association and thereby into our Original Beans cacao & conservation project.
Winter 2019
Start of the project: Our local partner is starting their first expedition on the Cayapas river to check the possibility of potential new partners in the north of Esmeraldas to grow our project and impact in the region
Spring 2019
Our Bean Team trained growers in biodynamic agriculture to move towards the Demeter standard.
Autumn 2018
Our partners planted 4700 cacao and native wood trees.
Spring 2018
Our Bean Team established the farmer association ASODPAMB.
Autumn 2017
Our partners planted 5300 cacao and native wood trees.
Spring 2017
Our Bean Team renewed climate forest contracts with the growers.
Autumn 2016
We purchased our first cacao from Mono Bravo growers.
Spring 2016
Our growers received their first organic certification.
Autumn 2015
Our Bean Team set up the first nursery in the village of Mono Bravo.
Spring 2015
Our Bean Team renewed the climate forest contracts with the farmers
Spring 2014
Our Bean Team trained the growers for forest-friendly agriculture practices to get organic certification.
Summer 2012
Our Bean Team signed the first climate forest contracts with the farmers of Mono Bravo.
Esmeraldas 50% Vegan M!lk
Notes of gianduja and barley malt open as delicately as the blossoms of rare cacao and almond trees growing for this Arriba chocolate.