Sowing the Future

While many of GTE’s efforts support today’s cacao producers, Sowing the Future (Sembrando Futuro) focuses on those of tomorrow. The program operates at the Rural Ecological Educational Institution El Cuembí in southern Putumayo, helping students from surrounding rural villages see agriculture as dignified work with real economic potential.

The initiative builds on previous investments including a cacao processing laboratory and a demonstration cacao plot on school grounds that gives students hands-on experience with tools, technical training, and allows them to apply what they learn in the classroom.

In 2025, local educators and visiting experts taught a 30-student cohort the full cultivation cycle — from planting and harvesting to transforming cacao into chocolate and other premium products — helping participants better understand the value chain. This initiative follows the success of the 2023 program, where a group of students participated in a competition and the winners earned an all-expenses-paid trip to attend Salon du Chocolat in Paris, one of the world’s largest chocolate trade fairs, attracting more than 100,000 visitors from around the globe.

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