Amid the arid desert of the Piura Valley, dedicated farmers harness the Andean waterways to keep their unexpected groves blooming on even the hottest of days. These smallholder growers have organized into the Lomo Larga and La Pareja associations and use diverse agroforestry to make the most of their yields, cultivating their cacao alongside mango, citrus, and timber trees.

Original Beans and Norandino, our local partners, combine expertise and care to sustain both the land and the communities that grow the unique Piura Blanco beans. Norandino provides pre-financing, ensures organic certification and compliance, and oversees quality control. Original Beans finances technical assistance, helps rehabilitate farms, and enables the production of organic fertilizer to rejuvenate the soil of desert-area cocoa farms.