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In early 2022, our agricultural technicians in Burkina Faso paid out 10% of the sales of dried mango and cashews to nearly 3,000 farming families. Some of them share what this payment means to them — and how they use it.

22. February 2022

Only a few mills are still operating in Switzerland. Some small businesses maintain close ties with grain producers in their region, including the Kofmel mill in the canton of Solothurn, which takes a holistic approach to sustainability.

10. February 2022

1487 neue Bauernfamilien, 2500 Hektar zusätzliche Bio-Anbaufläche und ein Team, das in den letzten zwei Jahren von 40 auf 70 Menschen gewachsen ist. Dies und mehr erfuhren die gebana Investor:innen am Investorenabend 2021 im Volkshaus Zürich.

2. December 2021

We are expanding our chocolate range to include products from five pioneers. These five companies are actively fighting injustices in the cocoa trade while producing and trading for the benefit of farming families and the environment.

17. November 2021

There are so many great ideas, projects and products out there! So we decided to present a bouquet full of ideas about how we can make the world more sustainable with food and drink. We support these ideas and invite you to join our call to action: let’s

8. November 2021

In July 2021, we transferred nearly half a million euros to farming families in Greece. The money is equal to 10 per cent of the turnover that we generated last season with the sale of Greek fruits. The families can do anything they want with it. However

27. October 2021

In the 2020/21 orange season, we ignored EU standards for the first time: fruits of all colours, shapes and sizes were sent to Switzerland. Customers were delighted, and farming families exported over 90% of their harvest — aiming for 95% this year.

20. October 2021

Many small and medium investors support gebana. We would like to introduce some of them and show you how gebana is financed.

28. September 2021

In Switzerland, gebana offers small amounts of meat a few times a year. Almost every time, customers ask us how this is compatible with our company values. We don’t think that gebana and meat are mutually exclusive but agree that we should buy as little o

9. September 2021

We are constantly looking for leaders for various roles in Togo and Burkina Faso. Our high standards and the situation on the ground make this search quite challenging.

31. August 2021

In 2020, gebana saw enormous growth and made the largest profit in the company’s history. At the same time, we have taken a large step towards greater sustainability and fairness, for example with wages in Togo.

6. July 2021

We import fresh produce when there is a limited supply of vegetables and fruits in Switzerland. So far, this has led to gaps in our seasonal calendar and a limited range in the local harvest months. That will change with the Switzerland Farmers Market.

17. June 2021

At the beginning of June, a group of armed men broke into our production site in Campo Largo, Brazil and threatened the employees. What did the men want? We spoke about the incident with managing director Jonathas Baerle, who was there himself.

15. June 2021

Our employees usually don't wear gloves when processing food products – and for good reason.

11. June 2021

The sustainability of avocados is a hotly debated topic. Above all, they are repeatedly criticised for their water footprint. But what about the avocados from gebana? Let’s take a closer look at how they’re cultivated in Peru.

28. May 2021

An exciting orange season has come and gone. For the first time, we were allowed to disregard export standards for shape, colour and size of the fruit with official permission from the EU – much to the surprise of the farming families and the local juice

14. May 2021

How can global trade be made fairer? Sharing is an effective tool. We share our sales with family farmers and our profits with customers, investors and employees.

12. May 2021

In the market economy, the best among us come out on top and reap all the rewards. It’s almost as if it were a law of nature. But in nature, which market Darwinism bases itself on, chance and selection are only the first act of the story. Things get more

12. May 2021

We spoke with long-time African correspondent for SRF Ruedi Küng in great detail about Burkina Faso, terrorism and the future of the Sahel region.

6. May 2021

Olive oil from Palestine is one of our longest-standing products, and one from a uniquely complicated country of origin.

30. April 2021

Siberian pine nuts both look and taste similar to the pine nuts you know. But their origins could not be more different.

15. April 2021