PIURA, PERU
Due to our ongoing reforestation efforts, the Piura Blanco has grown back from near extinction to become a sustainable and profitable production.
Thank you
for growing a tree
The rare find of a nearly extinct white cacao variety in 2007, which we named Piura Blanco, allows us to pay substantial incentives for sustainable cacao farming with high pay-back per hectare. Due to our ongoing reforestation efforts, the Piura Blanco has grown back from near extinction to become a sustainable and profitable production.
ONE BAR : ONE TREE
WHERE your tree GROWS
| Area: | Piura river valley |
| The forest: | Dry forest the size of 3900 football fields |
| Rare wildlife: | Glorious blue skippers, sechurian fox, peruvian desert cat, henna-hooded gleaners, grey-backed hawks, southern tamanduas |
| Original bean: | Ultra-rare Piura Blanco cacao |
| Our growers: | 163 families in 4 communities / villages |
What we achieved together in 2019
football fields of dry forest preserved
seedlings grown in local nurseries
farmer families received organic certification
nurseries up and running
Project timeline
Updated: 20 August 2020
Visit the complete timeline of this project. From 2012 until now
“Planting high value timber trees is planting already the retirement provision for their children”
Lenin Mena,
Head of social development department, Municipality of Paimas.
PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS in Piura
Piura 75%
Flavours of raspberry, dried prunes and pecan divulge the secrets of this ultra rare white cacao—nature’s delicious mistake— we found along Peru’s coastal desert, the habitat of a diverse and bright butterfly collection.