August 25, 2025While most families were heading to the beach, I convinced mine to join me on a very different kind of…
August 7, 2025A Chachalaca Surprise at Finca Chocolat While we often share updates about what we plant and harvest, the truth is…
August 7, 2025Last week, the Finca Chocolat team traveled to Dallas, Texas to participate in the Limitless Expo 2025 — an event…
June 20, 2025This June, Finca Chocolat had the honor of representing Belize at the Taiwan International Food Show—one of the region’s largest…
June 2, 2025A New Addition to the Finca Chocolat Fleet At Finca Chocolat, efficient logistics are critical to keeping things moving—from cacao…
May 20, 2025A Not-So-Flashy, But Essential Upgrade: Our New Pole Barn is Complete At Finca Chocolat, we’re always working to improve our…
May 9, 2025Before Finca Chocolat became home to cacao, vanilla, and essential oils, much of the land had been cleared for cattle…
April 22, 2025While cacao and hardwoods remain the backbone of our agroforestry model at Finca Chocolat, we continue to expand our work…
April 2, 2025After a slower-than-usual start, the 2025 cacao harvest at Finca Chocolat is now moving full steam ahead—and it’s a beautiful…
March 26, 2025At Finca Chocolat, rain is usually a welcome guest. It nourishes our cacao trees, fuels the growth of our hardwoods…
March 4, 2025Cacao Seedlings and Lemongrass Expansion While the spring months at Finca Chocolat are filled with the ongoing rhythms of harvesting,…
January 17, 2025At Finca Chocolat, the harvest season is a rhythm we know well. Running from late December through early June, it's…
January 6, 2025A Season of Harvest and New Beginnings at Finca Chocolat As we step into another vibrant season at Finca Chocolat,…
January 2, 2025At Finca Chocolat, every tree we plant is an investment in the future—one that will produce cacao for decades to…
December 20, 2024It’s official—harvest season is here, and we’re kicking off the first fermentation of the season at Finca Chocolat! 🌱🍫 This…
December 16, 2024We’re thrilled to share that after a thorough inspection by the appropriate authorities in Belize, Finca Chocolat has officially been…
December 5, 2024After an unusually hot summer in 2024, Belize’s cacao harvest is off to a slower start than usual. However, at…
December 1, 2024We are thrilled to announce that 𝗗𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗱 𝗦𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶, our Managing Director at Finca Chocolat, is featured on the cover of…
November 20, 2024As we plant the last of our Salmwood trees, we mark the end of another successful planting season at Finca…
November 12, 2024Rolling Into Efficiency: Finca Chocolat’s New Heavy-Duty Trailer Is a trailer exciting? If you work on a farm, the answer…
November 9, 2024Expanding Capacity at Finca Chocolat: A Small but Mighty Addition At Finca Chocolat, progress often comes in unassuming packages. While…
October 31, 2024Growing Our Future: Salmwood Planting at Finca Chocolat After successfully planting approximately 18,000 cacao trees from our nursery in 2024,…
October 5, 2024We're making significant investments in property plant and equipment upgrades at Finca Chocoat in 2024 and wanted to do a…
September 30, 20242024 is the first year we spawned and grew all of our Salmwood onsite in Finca Chocolat's nursery and we…
September 20, 2024It is impossible to get a feel for the scale of Finca Chocolat without putting on boots and spending a…
September 4, 2024The crew has been under-brushing, running lines, staking out and opening holes for the last few months in preparation for…
August 31, 2024While Finca Chocolat is in the Specialty Cacao market the continued shortfall in worldwide supply for cacao as outlined below…
August 29, 2024In 2022, we experimented with lemongrass cultivation at Finca Chocolat, planting a small test area to see how it would…
July 8, 2024As our cacao trees mature at Finca Chocolat and production increases we are stretching the limits of the fermentation facility…
July 6, 2024It has become a bit of a joke that Rupert, Finca Chocolat's Farm Manager, has a "favorite tree". This is…
July 5, 2024The last 4 tons of cacao from the 2024 season is sorted and ready to ship to the U.S. This…
July 1, 2024With the onset of the rainy season, it is time to divide and replant our Cymbopogon flexuosus. This is not…
July 1, 2024Part of the history and cultural traditions of many farmers in southern Belize is based around "slash and burn" agriculture.…
June 28, 2024At times we plant for 'farm use' as much as for future sales. In this case we recently planted 100…
June 18, 2024While many of our neighbors burn most of the organic matter on their land we process everything we can into…
June 15, 2024The nursery is coming along beautifully this year! As we do every year we have 15,000 cacao started that will…
June 13, 2024It has been months in the making, literally as these units are hand made in the U.S. per our specifications…
June 12, 2024It is always interesting to see what guests focus on when they visit Finca Chocolat. The trees are impressive to…
June 5, 2024BelTraide invited Finca Chocolat to participate in the LAC Flavors conference in Manaus, Brazil and we were honored to be…
May 28, 2024Along with turmeric and cardamom we have been training our staff and testing vanilla cultivation at Finca Chocolat since 2022.…
May 27, 2024It is May 27 and we are drying our last batch of cacao for the 2024 season. This has been…
