Regenerative Organic Certified® Banana origin story
PLanting
Our Regenerative Organic Certified® bananas are grown in the nutrient-dense soil of Northern Nicaragua. Our farmers use 100% regenerative organic farming techniques, drawing down atmospheric carbon into the soil to cool the earth.
HARVESTING
Our Regenerative Organic Certified® bananas mother plants take about nine months to bear fruit. At that time, an exotic pink flower will bloom at the top of the banana’s trunk. As the flower grows, it unveils clusters of bananas. Our farming partners use a machete to cut through the thick stem when they harvest, and they use the stems as compost or to protect the soil as groundcover.
COLLECTION CENTERS
The growers and our Sol Organica staff carefully inspect and weigh each farmer's harvest, review their account statements, and record their progress towards bonuses or prizes from quality competitions between collection centers.
WORKING WITH THE FARMERS
Sol Simple is proud to practice regenerative organic agriculture, a set of farming practices that goes beyond organic standards to regenerate natural resources rather than deplete them, while benefiting communities and their surroundings. We know our farmers by name and can trace back to where every morsel of organic and Regenerative Organic Certified® solar dried mango comes from.
FROM FARM TO TABLE
From seed to delighting our consumer's taste buds, we own and control every step of our supply and value chain from recruiting, training, and certifying farmers; to processing and drying our fruit with solar energy; to connecting our products to loyal consumers.