A farm
at Ibenga, since 2006.
Who we are, what we do, and what we refuse to do. Twenty seasons in one village.
We plant, we harvest, we press, we dry. Then we load the pirogue. Everything that bears our name has passed through our hands.
We do not promise tonnes we do not have. We say what the season gives, and when.
What we do, and do not.
What you can expect from us, and what you will not get.
✓What we do
- Grow seven cropsOil palm, cocoa, safou, honey, pineapple, maize, vegetables
- Process on siteOil, cocoa, honey
- Sell directNo middleman
- Welcome visitorsVisits and training
✕What we do not do
- Buy to resellNothing comes from elsewhere
- Promise a volume without a harvestThe season decides
- Mix originsOne land, one name
- Claim what we do not knowWe would rather say so
Twenty years, in five dates.
Only the founding is established. The other milestones are to be provided by the farm; they replace the placeholders below.
- 2006
Founding of the farm at Ibenga, Enyellé district.
- [ year ]
First cocoa plantings. Date and area to be provided.
- [ year ]
Pressing workshop brought into service. To be confirmed.
- [ year ]
First apiaries, first honey harvest. To be confirmed.
- [ year ]
First shipment outside the department. Destination to be provided.
The work of the farm.
Here we show the work rather than the faces. Three tasks that come back every season.
Raising the seedlings
Young cocoa trees and young palms grow in bags at the nursery before joining the plantation.
Drying the cocoa
The cocoa beans dry in the sun on wooden racks set under the palms.
Keeping the hives
Wooden hives are set at the forest edge and under the trees. The bees make the farm's honey there.
What we are, in a few plain facts.
No figure we could not prove: only what can be seen on site.