Green & Black’s Takes Brand’s Commitment to the Dominican Republic

Reader Contribution by Brenna Long
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By moving brown dirt to get clear water to three cacao farms in the Dominican Republic, Green & Black’s uphold their beliefs in quality, fair trade, organic chocolate.

From March 26 to April 10, members of the Green & Black’s team and five ambassadors traveled to the Dominican Republic to help the communities that supply their cocoa beans by digging an 11.5 km trench. The trench dug with shovels and picks stretch from a stream down to the cacao farms, helping the farmers grow their plants. 

“We wanted to get our hands dirty benefitting the communities that give us a quality product,” says Robert Grgurev, sales associate brand manager for Green & Black’s in the United States.

So for 11 days, the team trudged out at 6:30 a.m to start digging. Pretty soon, community members were joining in — as many as 20 to 30 a day! Grgurev says that without the support from the community the trench digging and pipe laying wouldn’t have picked up so much momentum. “We couldn’t have got it done without them,” Grgurev says.

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