Farmers are at the heart of everything we do.
Meet our
community
The Lorenzo Palma family are among the few in their community who produce salt, preserving an ancient tradition that is at risk to disappear.
The Alianza de Cacaoteros de la Selva Lacandona groups 58 farming families. Each one of them has biodiverse plots where cacao interacts with vanilla, cardamom, pepper and other fruits, in addition to cultivating a milpa for family consumption.
The Jiménez family has been dedicated to preserving the biodiversity of the northern region of Chiapas in their cacao plantations thanks to the various rainfed crops that accompany cacao.
Oxical has been producing quicklime since the 80s, marking 40 years of providing the purest quicklime in Mexico, with a focus on nixtamalization.
Traspatio Maya is a collective that represents a network of rural producers from the Yucatan Peninsula who responsibly produce, harvest and sell different products such as fruits, vegetables, salt, honey and native corn from the milpa system.
Traspatio Maya is a collective that represents a network of rural producers from the Yucatan Peninsula who responsibly produce, harvest and sell different products such as fruits, vegetables, salt, honey and native corn from the milpa system.
Traspatio Maya is a collective that represents a network of rural producers from the Yucatan Peninsula who responsibly produce, harvest and sell different products such as fruits, vegetables, salt, honey and native corn from the milpa system.
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.
