Letter 4 - Organic and Fair Trade Diversity
We are still visiting the Heifer Ecuador projects in the
Province of El Oro, banana capital of the world. On Carlos Cuenca’s organic
fair-trade farm, besides raising banana for export, he grows an amazing
diversity of fruits. The pods in the photo are cacao — the beginning of what ends up in your
delicious chocolate bar. They redden as they ripen.
Check out this table overflowing with various bananas and
citrus. All are local to this village, Muyuyacu.
The women of Muyuyaca have seen opportunities in this
abundance. With Heifer Ecuador’s help, they have purchased chocolate processing
equipment and are developing recipes for products. Marketing will be next.
Fruit and chocolate: mmmmmmmm!
Watch a video of a day's work of a fair trade Ecuadorian farmer to protect bananas for export!
Read about how Heifer helps small native farmers grow wild cocoa.
Read about how Heifer helps small native farmers grow wild cocoa.
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