Each of Xoco’s chocolates can be traced to the specific farmer. We pay our partner farmers well above market prices for their better, single variety cacao. We buy all their cacao directly from the farm even when conditions are rough.
These 8 farmers contributed to this batch (MR190926)
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On his birthday, a couple of years ago, German was given a special gift: New cocoa trees. Because of the great number of trees, he was not able to plant them all by himself. Therefore, he asked his family, who was invited for his birthday party, if they would like to help him at the farm instead of celebrating him. He remembers the day as one with quite hard work and a lot of laughs.
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Besides cocoa, Daniel grows pepper, bananas and cardamom on his farm. He lives with his wife and their son of twelve years. Earlier, he used to play a lot of soccer, but he is now more into other forms of exercise. He is especially fond of spinning. After his workouts, he enjoys to calm down with
a good book.
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Wilmer has been involved in growing cocoa for over a decade, and he is grateful to be a part of the Xoco project. Recently, as many others, Wilmer has been in quarantine due to COVID. But it doesn't doesn't bother him too much, as he has been able to spend a lot of time with his family which is a rare thing for him, as he spends most of his awaken hours working at the farm.
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German has just started to grow cardamom at the farm. His daughter just got married, so he hopes that he will be a grandfather soon. His wife tells him not to talk too much about grandchildren in front of their daughter, but it’s hard to keep it to himself.
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Marco and his brother Juan spend most of their time together. They run their farm together, they are neighbours and their wifes and kids spend a lot of time together. On the farm, the two brothers supplement each other very well. Their favorite month is May, when they are able to harvest a lot of cocoa.
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My name is Jose Ramón Pascua, a farmer with years of tradition and what better tradition than having a cocoa farm. Year after year I plant a little, thanks to Xoco I have managed to have my crop well due to the technical assistance it provides us.