After almost a year of talking about moving to Westafrica, we are finally there! This is just the beginning of an adventure and there is already so much to say.
Over 90% of cashew nuts from West Africa are transported to Asia for processing instead of doing so locally and sending them directly to the customers. Though this may make sense economically, it is highly problematic in many other ways!
After a successful harvest in 2017-2018 and a significant increase in volumes, we had to detect pesticides in our warehouse during the organic inspection in Europe.
Setting up a new value chain for almonds from Tunisia in just nine months was no easy task. But the deed is done. Well, almost.
After a terrible harvest in 2015/2016 due to lack of rain, last year's harvest was great. In 2017/2018 it is just.. OK!
In 2000, gebana AG was looking for dried mangos for a chocolate bar. We found them in Burkina Faso, and just a short while later we were in the dried mango business ourselves. In 2006 we founded gebana Afrique.
Social and ecological considerations are are central aspects of our work. For this reason, we measured our sustainability targets numerically for the first time in 2016.
The date harvest will soon start in the oases of southern Tunisia. It marks the beginning of a very exciting time.
Libera Terra's pasta is anything but ordinary. This is partly due to the way it is made, but especially to the soils on which the raw materials are grown. These have been confiscated from the Mafia by the state! (Last update: 9.04.2025)
We ourselves say that we operate in particularly difficult regions of the world. But what does that actually mean?
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