Fair Trade

Who are the co-operative producers that benefit from sales of Cocoa Camino cocoa & chocolate?

Six cooperatives of small-scale, organic family farmers in the Dominican Republic, Costa Rica, Peru, Paraguay and the United States, plus two worker cooperatives in Canada (La Siembra) and the US (Equal Exchange) benefit from sales. These groups include:

• CONACADO (Confederación Nacional de Cacaocultores Dominicanos): www.conacado.com
• CACVRA (Cooperativa Agraria Cafetelera del Valle Rio Apurimac): www.cacvra.com
• Three co-ops of small-scale sugar cane farmers.
• Paraguay: Manduvira Co-operative, Association de Cañicultores Organica de la Zona Central
• Costa Rica : Asoprodulce Co-operative
• The Organic Valley Cooperative of Family Farms: 600+ organic farmers across eighteen US states who produce their own brand of organic dairy products, soymilk, meat, eggs and orange juice. We use their organic dried milk powder in our US private label hot chocolate mixes. www.organicvalley.coop
• Equal Exchange: A worker-owned co-operative based in West Bridgewater, Massachusetts. La Siembra and Equal Exchange work closely in solidarity within the Fair Trade movement to bring quality Fair Trade and organic products to North American markets. Like La Siembra, Equal Exchange identifies with producer partners through the adoption of a co-operative business model. Equal Exchange works with La Siembra to source and produce their hot chocolate, chocolate and sugar products: www.equalexchange.com

Read more about our producer partners.