Improving Livelihoods
Without producers there will be no chocolate, and without consumers there will be no market for the farmers’ produce.
Becoming Sustainable
Most farmers do not have access to information about best practices. This being the case, the program aims to improve practices at the region, sub region and individual farm level.
Improving Flavor
Better Quality Cocoa program’s expansion allows the cocoa farming community to reap the benefits of better prices and have consistent, high quality crops.
What We Do
Cocoa Family strives to establish a sustainable cocoa cultivation system that enables farmers to increase and maintain farm productivity at levels which are economically viable, ecologically acceptable and in tune with the cultural practices of the local farmers.
Making real progress against hunger and poverty starts with small farmers. improving farmers livelihood, farmer knowledge and productivity, and the quality of the cocoa production, can help these small farmers boost their yields and incomes so they can improve their lives and also eliminate poverty of child labor.
Cocoa is Good
Chocolate Event
Chocolate Tasting to Benefit the Cocoa Family Foundation February 10th Friday, 2012 Event Starts at 6PM - Experience cocoa in all it’s various forms and help prevent Child Labor, promote Sustainable Cocoa Agriculture and Organic, Fair-Trade Farming. View Pictures from the event #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 25%; } #gallery-1 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-1...
Health Benefits
CACAO: THE SUPERFOOD Cocoa beans/Cacao is one of the most nutrient rich and complex foods known to man. Cacao is considered by some experts to be #1 antioxidant food and to have #1 source of magnesium of any food. FOUND IN CACAO Nutrients and Minerals Found in Cacao Magnesium, Iron, Chromium, Anandamide “The...
Sustainable
Cocoa Family Foundation helps farmer families to be more sustainable, providing education to their children, organizing programs within sports, social and academical areas. With an estimated 2.5 billion of world’s rural poor dependant upon commodities for their livelihoods, small and medium size enterprises (SMEs) are considered to be the most important drivers of economic growth in developing countries. The success of sustainable SMEs has depended on their ability to access quality...