Hurricane Beryl: Crayfish Bay Chocolate Farm Community

Hi everyone,

We are Kim and Lylette. We run the Crayfish Bay Organic Cocoa Estate where we grow Cocoa and produce small amounts of chocolate. Our estate has been virtually wiped out by hurricane Beryl. We urgently need everyone's support to get our farm restarted after nearly every crop was destroyed due to the hurricane.

Why should you support Crayfish Bay?

This is not your everyday cocoa farm, it's a farm that supports the local community in more ways than I can mention.

We are 100% organic not just in farming methods by also our employment system.

Employees are from the local village and are treated as family rather than workers and are paid on a fair trade basis as we believe that profit should be shared by all.

All crops produced on the farm belong to the workers. We buy our own cocoa from them at a high price and all other crops they can sell or use to feed family and friends.

Hurricane Beryl has destroyed about 80% of our cocoa and almost 100% of other crops. These include Bananas, Breadfruit, Avocado, and Mango plus others, all of which have been destroyed.

We desperately need to clear the lands and replant as quickly as possible. This is what we need the money for. All work will be done by hand by village people. We will need a team of eight to ten people working for about six months. Without the beans there will be no chocolate and without chocolate we cannot support ourselves.

What are you supporting?

Your contributions will be used directly to pay local people to...

Getting Crayfish Bay going again and supporting the community will be a huge effort, it will take 5-7 years to restore the farm to its original state. This is why your support is needed, for the farm and for the local community.

Please support us now!