Protecting Pollinators
Biodiversity, the biological variety and variability of life in a given area, increases the overall health and resiliency of a landscape by supplying oxygen, clean air and water, sequestering carbon...
View ArticleCommunity Waterway Stewardship in Guatemala
A watershed is an area of land where all water flows to a single stream, river, lake or ocean. Conceptualizing water resiliency beyond the boundaries of our own operations is critical, as climate risk...
View ArticleFurther Committing to Sustainable Agriculture Practices, FDM to Speak at...
Offering insight on how to approach sustainable development as demand for global collaboration between corporations increases and the need to secure global food supply intensifies Fresh Del Monte will...
View ArticleTaking the Initiative on Landscape Management to Cultivate Healthy Soil
The challenge: Threatened soil health Water conservation and carbon emissions are often at the forefront of sustainability conversations, but equally important to the conversation is soil health and...
View ArticleEducating Local Communities in Costa Rica
Fresh Del Monte created the Pindeco Educational Center for primary and secondary school levels (the CEP) in Buenos Aires, Puntarenas, Costa Rica in 1984. In 2015, the CEP became the first cooperative...
View ArticleWorking to End Food Insecurity in Texas
Fresh Del Monte’s Galveston, Texas team has been a consistent supporter of the Houston Food Bank, working to end food insecurity in the surrounding areas while decreasing food waste. In 2021, a member...
View ArticleSembraton 2023
In May and June, we held various activities as part of Sembraton 2023, in partnership with GIZ (German Development Agency. Across our farms in Costa Rica, including Babilonia, Lomas, Los Angeles,...
View ArticleCentral America received the Excellence in Sustainability Environmental...
Our operations in CECAB recently received the Excellence in Sustainability Environmental Certificate for using, sharing, and reusing Chep-branded pallets as part of a circular economy project, valid by...
View ArticleGo inside our new San José, Costa Rica office
We recently opened a fresh, new office in San José, Costa Rica after 40 years. And to make it even more special, our team at Pindeco Pacific, our pineapple farm in Costa Rica, contributed reforested...
View ArticleHosting a medical camp in Kenya
Our operations in Kenya partnered with the country’s Ministry of Health to hold a free medical camp. More than 2,000 residents of the Makenji community attended and benefited from the attention of...
View ArticleNew Nursery in Costa Rica to Donate Upwards of 10,000 Trees Annually
Fresh Del Monte inaugurated a new forest nursery in Sarapiquí, Costa Rica to promote reforestation in the country. The nursery, called La Danta Nursery, is approximately 2,500 m2 and dedicated to the...
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