{"id":92836,"date":"2019-04-13T13:29:39","date_gmt":"2019-04-13T11:29:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.oxfamfairtrade.be\/?post_type=partner&#038;p=92836"},"modified":"2023-04-10T18:40:20","modified_gmt":"2023-04-10T16:40:20","slug":"biofoods","status":"publish","type":"partner","link":"https:\/\/www.oxfamfairtrade.be\/en\/partners\/biofoods\/","title":{"rendered":"Biofoods"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Organic pioneer in Sri Lanka<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Biofoods processes and packages the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oxfamwereldwinkels.be\/expertise\/thee\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>tea<\/strong><\/a> <em>(info in Dutch) <\/em>and spices of the cooperatives SOFA (small Organic Farmer Association) and MOPA (Marginalised Producers Organisation). Most producers (90%) are <strong>small to middle-sized farms<\/strong>. Biofoods\u2019 suppliers also include <strong>biodynamic<\/strong> tea plantations and farms that employ landless farmers, often <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sri_Lankan_Tamils\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tamil<\/a> people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since its humble beginnings in 1993, the organisation has <strong>opted resolutely for organic cultivation<\/strong>. In fact, it was fair trade before the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oxfamwereldwinkels.be\/expertise\/labels\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fair trade labels<\/a> <em>(info in Dutch) <\/em>even existed in Sri Lanka.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The BioFoods Way\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/r_57z1isJRs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Value for smallholders<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>By buying their products for a fair price, Biofoods offers producers the opportunity to build towards a <strong>sustainable future<\/strong> for themselves. But that\u2019s not all it does for them:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Biofoods guides the farmers in efficient <strong>organic<\/strong> It gives <strong>training courses<\/strong> and has developed its own organic fertiliser. It also helps the farmers to <strong>combine various different crops<\/strong>, so that their income is not dependent on one single crop.<\/li><li>Biofoods <strong>processes and packages<\/strong> the resulting agricultural products themselves. This allows them to give more of the profit to the producers, while also creating jobs in the local area.<\/li><li>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oxfamwereldwinkels.be\/expertise\/labels\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>fair trade premium<\/strong><\/a><em> (info in Dutch)<\/em> received by Biofoods goes directly to the producer groups. They decide themselves how to <strong>invest<\/strong> this money. Often they use it to buy plants, cattle or farming tools. Or they invest it in education and infrastructure.<\/li><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>Aside from paying them a fair price, we also offer the farmers training in organic production methods.<\/p><cite>Dr. Ranaweera, oprichter van Biofoods<\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Biofoods &amp; Oxfam<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Since 2002<\/strong>, Oxfam has gone to Biofoods for the purchase of organic tea, pepper and coconut for cookie production.<\/li><li><strong>All Oxfam <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oxfamwereldwinkels.be\/nieuws\/thee-in-geuren-en-kleuren\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>tea<\/strong><\/a> <em>(info in Dutch) <\/em><strong>bags<\/strong> come from Biofoods.<\/li><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Organic pioneer in Sri Lanka Biofoods processes and packages the tea (info in Dutch) and spices of the cooperatives SOFA (small Organic Farmer Association) and MOPA (Marginalised Producers Organisation). Most producers (90%) are small to middle-sized farms. Biofoods\u2019 suppliers also include biodynamic tea plantations and farms that employ landless farmers, &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":88860,"template":"","class_list":["post-92836","partner","type-partner","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":{"partner_bullet_points":[{"partner_bullet_point":"a pioneer in organic and fair trade in Sri Lanka"},{"partner_bullet_point":"processes and packages the products of small-holders"},{"partner_bullet_point":"Oxfam buys tea, pepper and coconut directly from Biofoods"}],"partner_region":"Kandy, Sri Lanka","partner_website":""},"partner_image":"https:\/\/www.oxfamfairtrade.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/biofoods-oxfam-fair-trade-partner-1024x611.jpg","partner_quote":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>Aside from paying them a fair price, we also offer the farmers training in organic production methods.<\/p><cite>Dr. Ranaweera, oprichter van Biofoods<\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oxfamfairtrade.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/partners\/92836","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oxfamfairtrade.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/partners"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oxfamfairtrade.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/partner"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oxfamfairtrade.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.oxfamfairtrade.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/partners\/92836\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":92848,"href":"https:\/\/www.oxfamfairtrade.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/partners\/92836\/revisions\/92848"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oxfamfairtrade.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/88860"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oxfamfairtrade.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92836"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}