We Thrive Together

We build together. Forewoman Yuriria Hernandez Velasco saws boards at a woodworking shop in Mexico. A consortium of local forest communities owns the workshop, where furniture, flooring, doors, and other products are made from sustainably harvested timber.

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We grow together. A worker harvests bananas on Platanera Río Sixaola in Costa Rica. Rainforest Alliance Certified since 1992, the farm demonstrates what can be achieved for workers and nature through a deep commitment to continuous improvement.

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We learn together. Cocoa farmers gather for field training in Côte d'Ivoire. Training in more sustainable farming, social, and environmental practices helps farmers achieve certification.

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We protect together. The border between a severely degraded landscape in Belize (left) and a community forestry concession in Guatemala's Maya Biosphere Reserve (right). The MBR’s concessions have achieved astonishing forest conservation through sustainable enterprise.

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We nurture together. Workers apply compost to young tea plants on a farm in India. An independent study found that trained tea farmers apply compost and pluck tea leaves more frequently, which enhances quality and yield. (Waarts, Ge, Ton, and Jansen, 2012)

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We flourish together. A worker prepares hazelnuts for de-husking on a farm in Turkey. Since its launch in 2014, our hazelnut program has made important steps in tackling sustainability issues related to low productivity, child labor, and poor working conditions for farm workers.

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