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Diecelna Meza, the young single mother who works on the cocoa plantations of MLR Forestal
This young single mother speaks Mayangna, Miskito and Spanish, making it easier for her to communicate with her peers in the cocoa plantations
MLR Forestal develops new cocoa profiles to expand markets
The sustained growth in cocoa production at MLR Forestal has led the company to innovation. In the words of Franklin Talavera, head of postharvest, “protocols and processes are being developed that allow us to generate new flavor and aroma profiles for the search for markets. The company is growing in volume and we must think…
MLR Forestal personnel received Rainforest Alliance update certification training
"MLR Forestal follows the rules. You sense here that they want a change in business philosophy," said a trainer of Rainforest Alliance.
Head of MARENA Biodiversity division visits MLR Forestal
Katia Chévez, head of the Natural Heritage and Biodiversity division of the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources (MARENA), visited MLR Forestal. Chévez accompanied by Norlan López, Technical Coordinator MARENA Las Minas; Yamir Castillo, Environmental Inspector MARENA Las Minas and Deyvis Ríos, also Environmental Inspector MARENA Las Minas toured the different areas of the company.…
Marvin Fonseca: the young man who supervises the nursery of MLR Forestal
Two events that occurred in his childhood marked the life of Marvin de Jesús Fonseca: the death of his father when he was barely a year and a half old and the beginning of his working life at the age of fourteen. Because of the former, his mother had to take care of him and…
Rainforest Alliance Director for Mesoamerica Highlights MLR Forestal’s cocoa with teak shade method.
In his recent tour of MLR Forestal’s plantations, Edgar González Godoy, director for Mesoamerica for the Rainforest Alliance, was surprised by the two species of trees he saw growing together. “The association between teak and cocoa I had never seen before. I had seen cocoa agroforestry systems with other species, but cocoa with teak is…