Our cocoa is of two varieties: Criollo and Trinitario varieties. BGCSL’s cocoa is organic, non-GMO, sustainably harvested and grown by smallholder farmers at a unique altitude range of 1000-1300m absl along the slopes of Mt. Rwenzori, It is then specially fermented to give it tasty blended explosive chocolate flavours even before roasting with a PH range of 5.6 to 6.8 and 90-100/100g bean count.
Meet the Producers
Cocoa
Cotton
The cooperative produces AR- CRI-MS2 long staple, roller ginned lint cotton. All the lint produced in Uganda is independently graded/classed by the Cotton Development Organization (a government regulatory authority), into the following grades, starting with the best: UCON, UCOB, UCOP and UCOM. As a result of the strict quality control measures exercised during cotton picking and post-harvest handling, the cooperative’s lint attains classification grades of UCOP and above.
Crafts
The crafts are an assortment of beautiful, delicately handmade, naturally colored products, in a variety of unique shapes and sizes, and are versatile in use. These crafts are beautifully made out of raffia, palm leaves, wood, dry banana leaf steams and colored with natural dyes that are made from a variety of herbs and plants like bougainvillea, beet root, carrots, dry banana leaves, as well as other local materials like soot (from the local kitchens) and ash etc. These include platters, laundry baskets, bins, trays, tortillas and many others.
Coffee
Our coffee is green Fairtrade certified, organic coffee. We are committed to building and supporting “Fair and Direct” trade relationships for the benefit of small-scale farmer families, their communities and exporting cooperatives. We strive to promote transparent Fair Trade and sustainable development alternatives in both the Uganda, while continuing to sell the highest quality coffee on the market. We do business in a way that creates a fairer, more transparent and sustainable system of coffee trade that directly benefits farmers, and their families and communities.