Give Back to farmers

Las Marias Origin

Las Marias has 800ha of land of which 238 hectares are organic cocoa. The Farm currently has practices agroecological and conservation. The farm has reserve areas with forest incentives from the government. It is located at k m. 305.5 Route to chains from Rio Dulce. On public transportation Kampura is 1 hour away. Biodiversity among cocoa specifically is scarce, with a basic agroforestry system combining Cacao, Rosul and Mahogany. The agroforestry management is of high quality, they assist the Cacao tree from its first stages in the nursery, field with training pruning and later with maintenance pruning. The amendments are with soil bioremediation, they reproduce and use mountain microorganisms, the cacao juice is used as a natural herbicide. 

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Meet your farmers!

 During the harvest they have a crew of 20 women from the surrounding communities, they are specialized in harvesting cacao, the task is 150 harvested fruits, you must open each fruit, extract the seeds, put them in a bucket and then transfer them to the main path and empty the bucket in a clean bag that is later passed by a truck to collect the harvest. Besides having legal benefits and minimum wage demanded by the Ministry of Labor of Q. 3,384.59. As incentive they provide them with transportation to their communities.

Las Marias is the only large 'finca' Cacao Source has chosen to work with. We believe their model can have a positive impact on the environment and local community. 


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    • Location : Livingston, Izabal, Guatemala   
      Fermentation : Alcoholic and Acetic Fermentation between 9-11 days
    • Workers : 6 people working all year long.
    • Size of the land : 140ha with agroforestry systems regenerative and 660 forest reserve with endangered precious wood species extinction and fruit trees
    • Number of trees : about 1500
    • Altitude: 50m  


~1500
Cacao Trees
140 HA
Land Size
50m
Altitude
6 
Workers

Make a Donation

Give Back to farmer is an opportunity to value and recognize the hard work of farming communities. This donation will go into a community project co-created with Las Marias Origin farmers to support a social or environmental cause in the community. At the end of each year, we will be meeting the farmers with the total donation to decide the project to be funded.

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