The relationship with cocoa is for as long as I can remember, my parents worked with cocoa before I was born. In the good times when my parents were young and harvested about 50 sacks of cocoa, and we, who are 6 sisters and 1 brother helped on the farm and i remember that we used the famous "huecanas" (miniature wooden rakes) to do the work of getting the small cacao beans out of the fruits .in On the same farm we had a small paved area for drying the cacao and we had some wooden rakes for turning things over; that's the job my younger sister and I did. 

The relationship with cacao is very strong; it brings back memories of my childhood and today I have my own 2-hectare farm planted with cacao. My mother, at any time of year, prepared hot chocolate for us. My brother always helped by grinding the cocoa so that we always had enough cacao paste as my dad always used to send cacao paste  to relatives who live in Cusco and Quillabamba. In the community, 80% of families work with cacao which we always produce organically; Following our traditions have made us independent of fertilisers and agrochemicals; our work respects Mother Nature. 

Like us, Original Beans cares and is responsible for the care of Mother Nature.Therefore, they value ​​the work we do and the quality we offer with our variety of ancestral Chuncho cacao, paying not only fair prices for our product, but in addition via a community agreement supporting reforestation with native species and the equipment of our community park rangers to  preserve and monitor or community forests. Thereby  we feel the confidence that Original Beans is not just a cacao buying company but an additional ally in our conservation efforts.

It helps the soil to remain with activity of microorganisms, allowing the nutrient absorption. At the same time this means for our people, that by avoiding the usage of agrochemicals they prevent the  cause of cancerous diseases, thus promoting better health. As a community, we are certain that we are conserving the flora and fauna, and at the same time we seek the ecological balance between beneficial insects and the pests that are always present.in our nature.

The work we are doing in the community will have an impact on the future in the environmental aspect because we are conserving the genetic material (diversity of ecotypes of Chuncho cacao) thus preserving biodiversity. In the social aspect maintaining the quality of Chuncho cocoa thus obtaining differentiated prices that allow us to increase our family economy and therefore achieve our good life.

Our cocoa comes from the native community of Koribeni of the Matsigenka ethnic group, a product worked on by the whole family, including grandparents and grandchildren. It is cacao that is managed ecologically without the use of agrochemicals. It highlights the work of women throughout the process, who bring anecdotes/stories with them during the working days, as Matsigenka stories are told during the hard  work - keeping ancestral wisdom and stories alive.