Sembraton 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, and San Cayetano, we planted hundreds of trees and invited local communities to join us in preserving and restoring the surrounding ecosystems. […]
Educating 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 (CoopeCep R.L) of educational services in the country and the whole of Latin America, ranking #14 among national private institutions. Currently, 39 students are […]
Taking 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 management. Soil is a fragile formation of interacting layers oforganic matter, mineral particles, living organisms, air, and water that build over time. Closest to the surface is […]
Further Committing to Sustainable Agriculture Practices, FDM to Speak at World Biodiversity Summit
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
Community 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 and stakeholder actions throughout our watershed will have an impact on our water availability. Beyond our own direct impacts, we look […]
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 from the atmosphere, supporting the pollination of plants and more. More than a quarter of our owned land—nearly 10,000 hectares—is designated as protected forests throughout […]
Making Avocado Processing More Efficient
Our avocados come principally from Mexico, where we grow, sort and pack the produce ourselves, ensuring a consistent supply of high-quality avocados year-round. We have built a state-of-the-art avocado packing house, equipped with energy-efficient technologies and other features that reduce electricity use and GHG emissions, including: Energy Efficient Lighting• All packing house lighting is LED, […]
Partnering with GIZ to Further Promote Sustainability in Costa Rica and Guatemala
Three-year project focuses on sustainability, education, community partnerships and green economic recovery to promote development in emerging economies
Fresh Del Monte Employees Combat Food Insecurity in their Local Community
In the United States, 1 in 8 people face hunger – it affects people in every zip code in the country. Further, according to the CDC, frequently the nutritional quality of food available at food banks is inadequate for a healthy diet, and food bank clients’ fruit and vegetable consumption falls short of recommendations. At Fresh Del Monte, […]
Fresh Del Monte Provides Relief to those Impacted By Hurricanes
Due to climate change, we’ve seen an increase in extreme weather in recent years. The 2020 Atlantic hurricane season was no exception. Between June 1, 2020 and November 30, 2020 there was a record-breaking 30 named storms, 13 of which became hurricanes. Two of these hurricanes, Iota and Eta, passed directly through one of our communities in […]
