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Sustainability innovation in all Latin America: Our contest winners

Posted on June 30, 2016 (November 10, 2022) by Canopy Bridge

By Karina Bautista We want to share exciting good news: An inspiring palette of diverse sustainable initiatives in Mexico, El Salvador, Guatemala, Venezuela, Brazil, Ecuador, Colombia and Peru, reached out to Canopy Bridge in response to our call to find innovative approaches to sustainability in the region. From Maya and Brazil Nuts, to jungle […]

Ten tips from the experts: When is moving from raw material to processed product good for communities and small producers?

Posted on May 5, 2016 (November 10, 2022) by Canopy Bridge

Cutting out the middlemen and increasing local processing are commonly seen as the key to helping small producers capture more value and improve their incomes. Extracting oil instead of selling Brazil nuts, processing frozen fruit pulp instead of fresh fruit, making chocolate bars instead of cocoa beans – the finished product is clearly more […]

On giving (and gifting) this holiday

Posted on December 23, 2015 (November 10, 2022) by Canopy Bridge

The holidays can bring a welcome change of pace, when we slow down and share time with friends and family. This sharing includes gifts which […]

Responding to the Climate Crisis through Crop Diversification

Posted on November 25, 2015 (November 10, 2022) by Canopy Bridge

This article was originally published on the CRS Coffeelands blog on October 23, 2015. In this piece, Jefferson Shriver describes how climate change is affecting coffee production, forcing many farmers to use other (often lower quality) coffee varieties, switch to non-coffee crops, or abandon agriculture altogether. […]

Fine Cacao is Booming. Fine Cacao is Vanishing.

Posted on November 5, 2015 (November 10, 2022) by Canopy Bridge

On a Saturday afternoon in late September in the Peruvian jungle town of Satipo, Jonatan Ayala Lombardi offers up a chocolate surprise. Jonatan is the general manager of the Satipo Cooperative, which sells hundreds of tons of cacao and coffee from its 620 farmer members from this frontier region where the Andes meld into the Amazon lowlands. […]

Shortening the Distance to the World of Sustainable Gastronomy

Posted on October 28, 2015 (November 10, 2022) by Canopy Bridge

From the sizzle in a pan, to the feel of cracking open a piece of salak, to the aroma and composition of a dish that, in the hands of the right chef, is best understood as art—culinary culture and much more were on display this year in Latitud Cero, the premier gastronomic congress in Quito. […]

The Right Taste at the Right Time: The Future of Colombian Cacao

Posted on October 1, 2015 (November 10, 2022) by Canopy Bridge

Canopy Bridge founder Marta Echavarría was at the 2015 Casa de Chocolate and Cacao de Oro Awards in Bogotá. On September 18th, Swisscontact, a corporation working in economic development, held their third Casa de Chocolate and Cacao de Oro Awards, showcasing and celebrating the exciting expansion of high quality Colombian cacao. […]

A Chocolate Tasting at Canopy Bridge

Posted on September 22, 2015 (November 10, 2022) by Canopy Bridge

If only work could always be so sweet! Our co-founder, Marta Echavarria, traveled to Peru and brought back samples of some of the finest chocolate available. The country is undergoing very significant growth in its chocolate industry and carefully crafted confections are on the rise. In order to learn more about what Peru has to offer and educate our palates, we conducted a blind tasting. We invited chocolate expert Lourdes Paez […]

From chocolate lover to chocolate expert: a personal story

Posted on July 22, 2015 (November 10, 2022) by Canopy Bridge

Canopy Bridge recently had a chance to sit down with Lourdes Páez, an outstanding social entrepreneur working to enhance appreciation for Ecuador’s excellent cocoa and create more value for farmers of the country’s fine flavor beans. Lourdes heads the Academia del Chocolate, an organization dedicated to training and research to improve the quality, recognition and benefits of fine cocoa, and she recently launched a beautiful book dedicated to Ecuador´s rich cocoa heritage, Ecuador tierra del cacao.36″ height=”111″ />

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Rediscover ishpingo: the Amazon’s hidden treasure

Posted on July 14, 2015 (November 10, 2022) by Canopy Bridge

Virtually unknown outside its native Amazon rainforest home, ishpingo (or American Cinnamon) has a deep, earthy, fruity flavor that adds a surprising and hard-to-place dimension to both sweet and savory dishes. Once a promising spice that moved the dreams of adventurers, isphingo deserves to be rediscovered and better known. […]