Regenerative Organic Certified® Mango origin story
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.
Planting
Our Regenerative Organic Certified® mango is grown in the nutrient-dense soil around the Laguna de Apoyo crater lake in Nicaragua. Our farmers use 100% regenerative organic farming techniques, drawing down atmospheric carbon into the soil to cool the earth. Additionally, legumes are planted around the trees to protect them and infuse nitrogen into the soil during their life cycle.
HARVESTING
Our Regenerative Organic Certified® mangos are harvested once a year between April and July, after four months of ripening on the tree. Mango trees take four to six years to bear fruit and can grow to be up to 90 feet tall, with canopies as wide as 80 feet and leaves as big as 12-16 inches long.
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.
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.