Thank you for growing a tree!
Together we regenerate what we consume ON Ecuador’s esmeraldas coast
Soccer fields of cloud forest ARE preserved
seedlings were grown in local nurseries
farmer families received organic certification
tree nurseries are up and running
Your tree grows here
| Area: | Cotacachi Cayapas Eco Reserve |
| The forest: | Eco Reserve Cotacachi Cayapas the size of 426.195 soccer fields |
| Rare wildlife: | Mache glass frog, boa constrictor, choco toucan, nine-banded armadillo, white-fronted capuchin, jaguar |
| Original bean: | Rare old-growth Arriba Nacional cacao |
| Your growers: | 187 families in 1 villages |
TIMELINE
Updated: June 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.
Autumn 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.
Visit the complete timeline of this project
ONE BAR : ONE TREE > GO SEE
Over past decades, the rainforests of Ecuador’s Pacific coast have been reduced to a few green patches. The largest is known as Mache-Chindul Ecological Reserve. It was created in 1996 to protect against large timber companies.
The cacao farmers of Mono Bravo live inside the Reserve and act as stewards of the forest and its wildlife. Your enjoyment of Original Beans Esmeraldas chocolates empowers them cuturally and economically in their old cacao tradition. Cacao here is more than income, it is an identity. That’s why the farmers are preserving their forest as a “Climate Forest”.
ALL THIS IS POSSIBLE THANKS TO YOUR PURCHASE!
PARTNERS IN ESMERALDAS
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.