BOS (Asociación de Bananeros Orgánicos Solidarios)

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BOS (Asociación de Bananeros Orgánicos Solidarios)

Virtually all the organic fair trade banana growers in Peru (98% of Peru’s commercially grown bananas are organic)are members of a handful of organized co-operatives, most centered around small towns in Sullana, Piura. Up until May 16th 2009, when the first container went on the ocean, all of the bananas from the BOS co-op had been sold through multinational organizations. For years, these determined growers have yearned to have the ability to send their bananas in their own boxes, with their own names on them.

Comprised of nearly 400 farm families, the Asociación de Bananeros Orgánicos Solidarios (BOS), each with the equivalent of one city block of plantation per family,have been making exports of their fruit since 2003, a huge accomplishment for their co-operative, their town, and their future.