While serving as a Peace Corps volunteer in a tiny village in Kenya called Miti Mingi, Phil Hughes was inspired by the piles of fresh mangoes that went to waste because farmers lacked adequate access to external markets. What if there was a way to provide jobs and economic opportunity for rural farmers in Africa, while at the same time solving the issue of wasted harvests?
On average, farmers only sell up to a third of their harvest; leaving the vast majority of fruit unsold or left behind to rot. Drying fruit opens new markets, creates jobs for the local community, and extends the life and prosperity of the food supply.
We work with small farming cooperatives to create sustainable supply chains. We provide markets for these farmers and their products, thus increasing incomes, securing existing jobs and even creating new ones.
