If you’re a regular reader of this blog, you’ll know that we’re forever encouraging you to think about rainforests when you shop and to choose products with the Rainforest Alliance frog on them. Well, I’m pleased to say that we’re going one step further for rainforests and we’re now fully fledged members of the Sustainable Agriculture Network (SAN).
What’s that got to do with Rainforest Alliance? Well, the SAN set the standard for sustainable agriculture and it’s their criteria that decides whether or not a product gets the coveted frog stamp. So what will we be doing? We’ll be a member of the SAN board and we’ll be working with the other members to evaluate the standard and make sure it’s the best that it can be, for people, wildlife and the wider environment as a whole.
To fit nicely alongside that, we’re also working with the Rainforest Alliance on a project around the Gola Rainforest National Park. This work will improve the livelihoods of the people living in the communities around the edge of the Gola Rainforest through growing and selling rainforest-friendly cocoa and avoiding deforestation..