Gola Forest Friendly

GOLA FOREST FRIENDLY

The vision of Gola Rainforest National Park is to act as a catalyst for peace, prosperity, and national pride in Sierra Leone.

The cocoa grows under the canopy cover of trees in areas surrounding the National Park, which helps to reduce deforestation and supports wildlife such as endangered pygmy hippos and western chimpanzees.

THE FARM

The Ngoleagorbu farm belongs to smallholder farmers who live around the Gola Rainforest National Park. With the support of Gola Rainforest Conservation The farms are part of a large Gola carbon sink, removing harmful CO2 from the atmosphere and helping in the fight against climate change.

POST HARVEST

Immediately after pod breaking, fermentation is set precisely in the communities with locally woven baskets lined with banana leaves or ferns.

The beans are properly mixed prior to putting into the basket, placenta or pod husks are handpicked. Farmers have been trained to ferment cocoa for 6 days prior to sundry, with interval turnings every two days to develop the Gola flavour profile.