Farmers are at the heart of everything we do.
Las familias
La familia Lorenzo Palma son de los pocos de su comunidad que producen sal, preservando una tradición milenaria a punto de desaparecer.
La Alianza de Cacaoteros de la Selva Lacandona agrupa a 58 familias campesinas. Cada una de ellas posee parcelas biodiversas en las que interactúan el cacao con la vainilla, el cardamomo, la pimienta y otros frutos, además de cultivar la milpa para consumo familiar.
La familia Jiménez se ha dedicado a preservar la biodiversidad de la región del norte de Chiapas en sus cacaotales gracias a los diversos cultivos de temporal que acompañan al cacao.
Oxical produce cal viva desde los 80s, cumpliendo 40 años ofreciendo la cal viva más pura de México, con un enfoque en nixtamalización.
Traspatio Maya es una colectivo que representa una red de productores rurales de la península de Yucatán, que producen, cosechan y venden de manera responsable distintos productos como frutas, vegetales, sal, miel y maíces criollos del sistema milpa.
Traspatio Maya es una colectivo que representa una red de productores rurales de la península de Yucatán, que producen, cosechan y venden de manera responsable distintos productos como frutas, vegetales, sal, miel y maíces criollos del sistema milpa.
Traspatio Maya es una colectivo que representa una red de productores rurales de la península de Yucatán, que producen, cosechan y venden de manera responsable distintos productos como frutas, vegetales, sal, miel y maíces criollos del sistema milpa.
We buy surplus, from small farmers who grow crops for their own consumption.
By working this way, we make sure to not deprive them of their sustenance and ancient food rites. We understand that these farmers are the stewards of Mexico’s biodiversity and their communities are life-supporting ecosystems unto themselves.
It’s our responsibility to actively listen, observe, and stand hand-in-hand with our partner farmers as they care for their land and their people.
We cut out intermediaries and work directly with farmers, their families, and their communities. This allows us to foster long-term partnerships based on mutual trust, and to guarantee traceability and quality across our catalog.
By eliminating all unnecessary middlemen TAMOA strives to distribute income more equitably along value chains and become the leading Mexican staple crop distributor.
It’s our responsibility to actively listen, observe, and stand hand-in-hand with our partner farmers as they care for their land and their people.
We honor the cultural practices and rituals they’ve passed down through generations, and we learn from these powerful preservationists every day.
Tamoanchan is the land where the lasting fruitful relationship between humanity and maíz began.
There, he also shared the corn he saved from mount Tonacatépetl so that the gods, who were able to grind the corn with their teeth, could then feed it to humans.
