While the vanilla industry is seeing low prices and low demand this year, Virginia Dare’s partnerships with 1,300 growers in Madagascar are focused on fortifying communities’ livelihoods through social, environmental and economic initiatives that help them mitigate market adversity, Henry Todd, VP, international operations, Virginia Dare, told FoodNavigator-USA.
While the vanilla industry is seeing low prices and low demand this year, Virginia Dare’s partnerships with 1,300 growers in Madagascar are focused on fortifying communities’ livelihoods through social, environmental and economic initiatives that help them mitigate market adversity, Henry Todd, VP, international operations, Virginia Dare, told FoodNavigator-USA.