Meet Our Growers

Angel Iniguez

Angel is a Fairtrade banana producer at El Guabo in Ecuador. Fairtrade means he gets a better price for his bananas, can protect the natural environment and has hope for a brighter future for his daughter.

Anibal Aponte, Ercilita

Anibal Aponte is a Fairtrade banana grower at El Guabo in Ecuador. He use to sell his bananas to intermediaries who often paid well below the official government price for bananas. Thanks to your support he has been getting a fair and stable price for his bananas through El Guabo, and can see the difference Fairtrade is making in his community.

Anibal Cabrera, La Fortuna

Anibal Fernando Cabrera Ochoa is a banana farmer at the El Guabo Co-operative in Ecuador. Thanks to your support buying his Fairtrade bananas, his daughter will be the first in their family to attend university.

Vicente Matute

Vicente Matute and his wife Ana have lived on a banana farm their entire life. Since joining the El Guabo, a Fairtrade co-operative, things have changed a lot for them. Thanks to your support they now have a better quality of life and produce better quality bananas.

Eloy Moreno, Arenilla

Eloy Moreno is is a banana farmer at the El Guabo Co-operative in Ecuador. Thanks to your support buying his Fairtrade bananas, he has been able to increase his production and have a say in decision-making in his co-operative.

Hugo Rocofuerte

Hugo Rocafuerte is a banana farmer from El Guabo association in Ecuador.