Category: Agroforestry

  • September 30, 2024
    2024 is the first year we spawned and grew all of our Salmwood onsite in Finca Chocolat's nursery and we…
  • September 20, 2024
    It is impossible to get a feel for the scale of Finca Chocolat without putting on boots and spending a…
  • September 4, 2024
    The crew has been under-brushing, running lines, staking out and opening holes for the last few months in preparation for…
  • Lemongrass Seed at Finca Chocolat Belize

    August 29, 2024
    In 2022, we experimented with lemongrass cultivation at Finca Chocolat, planting a small test area to see how it would…
  • June 28, 2024
    At times we plant for 'farm use' as much as for future sales. In this case we recently planted 100…
  • June 18, 2024
    While many of our neighbors burn most of the organic matter on their land we process everything we can into…
  • June 15, 2024
    The nursery is coming along beautifully this year! As we do every year we have 15,000 cacao started that will…
  • June 3, 2024
    In 2021 we ordered nearly 4,000 Salmwood (Cordia alliodora) saplings from another farm in southern Belize. At the time we…
  • May 28, 2024
    Along with turmeric and cardamom we have been training our staff and testing vanilla cultivation at Finca Chocolat since 2022.…