Nicaragua Soppexcca

Regenerative Organic

Soppexcca works with a concept of active integration and equality in its members, communities, and in its own administration. Like many cooperatives, there was a time when Soppexcca struggled with its financial management. Debts piled up, and members lost money and trust in their organization. However, in the early 2000s, Fatima Ismael assumed cooperative leadership. An agronomist who became a trusted leader among the farmers, Fatima brought an impressive vision for Soppexcca, including solid business practices, extremely transparent operations, and progressive initiatives to improve gender equality within the cooperative.

Soppexcca is one of our first suppliers to receive the Regenerative Organic Certification. They pursued this certification to strengthen their sustainability efforts, land management program, and overall practices at a holistic level by looking out for their soil, forest, air, water, biodiversity, and of course, the productive viability and socioeconomic impact for small producers.