Our Mission
Founded in 2019 by social entrepreneurs Mandy Cabot and Peter Kjellerup in partnership with Belizean agribusiness leader and statesman Henry Canton, Silk Grass Farms reimagines agribusiness, merging agriculture with land stewardship and conservation to create a unique, durable model that benefits the environment and the people of Belize.
Our vision is to support a thriving planet, alive with biodiversity and fulfilled, healthy people. To us, this means caring for the land in a way that enables it to flourish, while also generating the fresh food and economic value necessary to ensure good lives for the people involved. We seek to balance a large-scale, regenerative, and economically sustainable agribusiness with the conservation and protection of the rainforest ecosystem that is a critical part of Belize and the world.
Silk Grass Farms consists of four working farms, located in the Stann Creek and Cayo districts of Belize, and a 130,000 square-foot food-processing factory that processes the harvest from our farms and other approved farms in Belize. Silk Grass Wildlife Preserve is a 24,700-acre first-growth rainforest, permanently protected as a Belizean NGO. Profits from the farms and factory are dedicated, in perpetuity, to the benefit of the Silk Grass Wildlife Preserve.
Our Mission
To model a regenerative approach to agribusiness that is sustainable, replicable, and fair
Our Vision
A thriving planet, alive with biodiverse ecosystems, and happy, healthy people
Our Values
Integrity
Interdependence
Diversity
Stewardship
Lifelong Learning
Our 5 Pillars
Silk Grass Farms is sculpted around five sturdy pillars that, together, uphold our mission, vision, and values.
Our regenerative farming practices leverage the earth’s natural systems to cultivate a diverse collection of perennial and annual food crops—citrus fruits, coconuts, cacao, mangoes, watermelons, avocados, and more. Our holistic approach to farming enables longer grass cycles, responsible water management, healthy and biodiverse soils, and reforestation with native hardwood trees.
Farm
Our state-of-the-art, commercial-scale food processing facility enables us to process and package the bounty of our farms and partner farms onsite. Built for optimal energy efficiency and waste reduction, the factory adds value to our raw materials and enables us to create the highest-quality food and personal care products, all while energizing the local economy.
Factory
Our line of pure, natural products begins with all things coconut — oil, water, milk, cream, flour — and extends to cold-pressed juice blends, fruit purees, essential and fragrance oils, skin and hair products, honey, and more. Profits from sales of Silk Grass Farms products support the Silk Grass Wildlife Preserve.
Products
The Silk Grass Wildlife Preserve incorporates and protects 24,700 acres of a unique, biodiverse wildlife corridor bridging the Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary to the south, the Sittee River Forest Preserve to the west, and Bocawina Mayflower National Park to the north. The result is a contiguous protected area of more than 1.2 million acres.
Wildlife Preserve
Much like nature's interconnected web of life, our vision is built and realized by a diverse and energetic group of individuals.