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Get a Look at Silk Grass Farms
Take a video tour of Silk Grass Farms! This video is featured as part of a documentary film series highlighting conservation efforts in Belize.
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A Legacy of Conservation + Socially Responsible Business
Silk Grass Farms Co-founders Mandy Cabot and Peter Kjellerup share why they started the farm and what its business practices and future mean to them.
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A Bright Future for Belize through Agriculture and Innovation
A conversation with Silk Grass Farms Co-founder and Executive Director Henry Canton.
Recent Stories
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Spicing Up Social Impact: How Truly Turmeric and Silk Grass Farms Are Changing Agriculture and Lives in Belize
With flavorful products and impactful business practices, Truly Turmeric found a perfect match in Silk Grass Farms, which supplies coconut oil and lime juice for Truly Turmeric products.
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A Symbiotic Partnership of Sustainability, Community, and Natural Beauty
On a mission to create locally sourced hair products, iKOOMA Founder Jolie Pollard crafted her own recipe using sustainably farmed seaweed from Placencia Village and extra-virgin, cold-pressed coconut oil produced at Silk Grass Farms.
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Silk Grass Farms Products Achieve Non-GMO Project Verification
The well-recognized butterfly label will appear on over a dozen Silk Grass products and ingredients showcasing the company's commitment to a transparent, natural and non-GMO food system.
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Silk Grass Farms Pioneers Carbon-Free Operations in Belize: Agribusiness Powers Up with 2-Megawatt Solar Array
The launch of our solar array is a bold step in advancing circular economics and a carbon-free footprint in Belize. This 100% sustainable energy source powers our 3,000-acre agribusiness, including the farm and 130,000-square-foot factory.
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Silk Grass Farms + Wild Earth Allies: Partners to Expand Rainforest Conservation
Our partners Wild Earth Allies are conducting a “Trees of Belize” research project at Silk Grass Wildlife Preserve to help us manage and protect the rainforest, while providing training and mentorship to Belizeans.
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Silk Grass Farms Featured Among Those Leading Conservation in Belize
Eight of the world’s leading environmental journalists visited Belize during January 2024 and made Silk Grass Farms one of the focal points of their trip.
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Silk Grass Farms Carbon Project Stakeholder Engagement
Silk Grass Farms and ClimeCo strategy consultants hosted a virtual meeting to discuss two innovative carbon projects under development at Silk Grass Farms: forest protection and biochar production.
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Silk Grass Farms + Valrhona: Partners in Impact Producing the World’s Greatest Chocolate
“Valrhona is exactly the kind of customer and partner we most want to find,” says Henry Canton, Silk Grass Farms Co-founder and Executive Director. “Our relationship has become an active collaboration where we both are contributing, I think, to the other’s prosperity and its social and environmental impact.”
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Building the Foundation of Success: 2023 Accomplishments Provide a Runway for Growth in 2024
The foundation for the expansive Silk Grass Farms project was nearly completed in 2023.
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Silk Grass Farms Cold-Pressed Coconut Oil: How and Why to Use This Essential Belizean Ingredient
Discover what makes Silk Grass Farms cold-pressed coconut oil a good choice for health and flavor — and some of our favorite ways to use this traditional Belizean ingredient.
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Farming for the Future
At Silk Grass Farms, we use agriculture as a tool to heal and restore our natural environment, preserving the long-term abundance of our natural resources while protecting high-quality jobs for local communities.
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The Secret Formula to Silk Grass Farms’ Delicious Products
At Silk Grass Farms, we know that every fruit and vegetable is only as good as the land and the process that created it.
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Building a Sustainable Farm at the Intersection of Industry and Conservation
Explore how Silk Grass Farms is helping to develop a circular economy.
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Crop Chronicles: All About Oranges
Oranges, a staple of Belizean agriculture, are sustainably grown and processed at Silk Grass Farms.
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By Belize, For Belize — Cultivating Shared Vision for a Sustainable Future
A Q&A with Silk Grass Farms Chief of Staff Tyeshia Casimiro.
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Crop Chronicles: All About Cacao
Silk Grass Farms' sustainable cacao farming promotes growth in harmony with the Belizean ecosystem and culture.
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Mitigating Climate Change through Agriculture
Silk Grass Farms practices regenerative agriculture to help reverse climate change, boost local economic prosperity, and increase ecological resilience.
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Crop Chronicles: All About Coconut
Sustainably produced coconuts are a foundational crop at Silk Grass Farms, where we turn them into a wide variety of delicious, high-quality products.