Panan Origin
“Panan” comes from the vocable “Pa Nana” which means “for the mother” from the Tz'utujil “Nana” for the mother or the woman space holder.
Neighbor to Chicacao this village was probably an ancient place of devotion to the sacred feminine, before colonization. The Name “for the mother” in an ancestral Cacao producing region lets us guess that in ancient times there may have been certain altars and ceremonies specially dedicated to feminin and motherly entities in the area. As it was often times the case in Cacao forest in that region, were cacao was commonly associated with goddess figures.
Meet your farmer!
We work with 2 families at Panan origin:
Jose Luis Ovalle, Alba Laeticia and their daughters Alba Dalila and Mariza Maribel are our main contacts from this family collective. The family owns two medium parcels nearby the village, in the middle of a big patchwork of small parcels owned by many different families. They have a beautiful understanding of social ecology and its issues in the region. We believe they could have a great influence and play a role of exemple in their neighborhood. And that is why we decided to start supporting them.
Miguel, his father and his wife has also recently joined the origin of Panan. Miguel's uncle worked with Jose Luis and shared about Cacao Source with his family. Miguel decided to drive with his cacao to Cacao Source office so he could as well become one of our collaborators. His father had kept the land organic as he really loved the trees.
cacao trees
Land size
Altitude
workers
Genetics
Local and regional criollo hybrids.
Environment
Panan is the home of an ancestral cacao forest. You can find cacao trees older than 100 years old. You also find a variety of trees: Banana, rambutan-lichas, voladores, zapote, palo blanco, avocado, plumillos, cedar, mahogany, fishtail palm, nance, slime, coconut.
Fermentation
6 days of fermentation in a wooden box
Ownership
Alba Laeticia is the owner of the first Panan farm. She inherited the land from her father and learned about cacao from her family.
Miguel's family is the owner of the second farming family of Panan origin. They cultivate the land behind their home on a daily basis.
Give Back to your farmer
Give Back to farmer is an opportunity to value and recognize the hard work of farming communities. This donation will go into a community project co-created with Panan Origin farmers to support a social or environmental cause in the community. At the end of each year, we will be meeting the farmers with the total donation to decide the project to be funded.
