TOH edition: Tuesday, 15 September 2026 · Money & Opportunity
Deep in the Costa Rican Rainforest, Indigenous Women Built an Entire Village Economy on Chocolate
Reported by Tico Times
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For more than three decades, the women of Yorkín, an indigenous Bribri village in Costa Rica's Talamanca Mountains, have cultivated cacao entirely by hand to support their community. Their grassroots association transformed traditional organic farming into a thriving local economy that sustains village families while keeping the surrounding rainforest intact.
It demonstrates that indigenous communities can achieve lasting economic self-reliance and protect ancestral ecosystems on their own terms when women lead the way.
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