Eight cooperatives of mostly small-scale, organic family farmers in the Dominican Republic, Costa Rica, Peru, Paraguay and the United States, plus two small worker cooperatives, one Canada, and one in the U.S. - Equal Exchange. Besides ourselves these groups include:

• CONACADO (the National Confederation of Dominican Cocoa Producers). This cooperative includes 9,000 small-scale farmers, or 1/4th of all Dominican cocoa growers. www.conacado.com
  
  
• CACVRA (Cooperativa Agraria Cafetelera del Valle Rio Apurímac), and El Quinacho, two cooperatives of approximately 1,500 small-scale coffee and cocoa growers (total) in southern Peru.
  
  
• Four co-ops of small-scale sugar cane farmers. Three in Paraguay - the Montillo, Arroyense, and Manduvirá cooperatives - and one in Costa Rica - the Asoprodulce co-op in Jaris.
  
  
• La Siembra. Like Equal Exchange La Siembra, is a worker-owned cooperative dedicated to Fair Trade. They are based in Ottawa, Canada and have their own brand of Fair Trade organic cocoa and sugar products, Cocoa Camino, for the Canadian market. They help to coordinate the ingredient sourcing and production of our various cocoa and sugar products. www.lasiembra.com