Cordia Alliodora (Salmwood)
September 30, 20242024 is the first year we spawned and grew all of our Salmwood onsite in Finca Chocolat's nursery and we…
Cacao Under Canopy
September 20, 2024It is impossible to get a feel for the scale of Finca Chocolat without putting on boots and spending a…
Planting Season!
September 4, 2024The crew has been under-brushing, running lines, staking out and opening holes for the last few months in preparation for…
Lemongrass Expansion & Distillation
August 29, 2024In 2022, we experimented with lemongrass cultivation at Finca Chocolat, planting a small test area to see how it would…
Dwarf Coconut Trees
June 28, 2024At times we plant for 'farm use' as much as for future sales. In this case we recently planted 100…
Biochar Production
June 18, 2024While many of our neighbors burn most of the organic matter on their land we process everything we can into…
2024 Nursery Update
June 15, 2024The nursery is coming along beautifully this year! As we do every year we have 15,000 cacao started that will…
Baby Salmwood Trees!
June 3, 2024In 2021 we ordered nearly 4,000 Salmwood (Cordia alliodora) saplings from another farm in southern Belize. At the time we…
Vanilla
May 28, 2024Along with turmeric and cardamom we have been training our staff and testing vanilla cultivation at Finca Chocolat since 2022.…
