The traditional Bayanihan in the Philippines n n n By the end of 2017, it’s not an exaggeration when we say that OPM may be the most active cocoa farming social enterprise in Asia, going around farms and barangays to teach...

You’ve got mail. After months of silence firming up operations and preparing further legalities both in Dubai and the Philippines, here we are with an avalanche of updates. We do apologize but rest assured that making our investment run smoothly has never made us rest...

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n Late Post n n Bayanihan sa Barangay Getsemane,Bayugan City Agusan Del Sur n n n n

n As the OPM Cacao Doctors in collaboration with Department of Trade and Industry Agusan Del Sur ,conducted the Bayanihan at Barangay 1 San Francisco Agusan Del Sur last September 7 and 8 2017, about the Technology Training on Cacao Production "Cacao 101".Participants...

n Our Maitrê Chocolatier-Co-Founder takes part in radio program "KBP Hour" to answer questions about OPM'S role in shaping the cacao industry of Region XIII and what our chocolatey plans are. KBP is the Kapisanan ng mga Brodkaster sa Pilipinas. Thank you, DTI Agusan...

OPM Investment Forum n n August 2 & 3 2017 n n San Francisco Agusan Del Sur n n Ofw para sa Magsasaka in collaboration with the Department of Agriculture, Department of Trade and Indutry,Department of Science and Technology,Food and Drugs Association (FDA) and...

Bayanihan sa Hamogaway n n As the OPM team comes back to Agusan Del Sur last July 31,2017 for the Cacao Production Training and Dialogue. n Ofw para sa Magsasaka in collaboration with Department of Trade and Industry. n n n

“You must not let anyone define your limits because of where you come from. Your only limit is your soul.” – Gusteau, Ratatouille n n n I come from a middle class cooking family in Manila, Philippines before I went to Dubai with my sister Iman some thirteen years ago....

We work to ensure our government acknowledges what OFWs do for agriculture and that we get additional support from both local and national levels. Below were our meetings as featured in the official social media pages of Dept. Of Agriculture Undersecretary and Dept....

n An afternoon of beautiful January weather, 16 chocolates to taste, 13 of which were hand-crafted by yours truly, fine chocolates from Madagascar, Tanzania and Ecuador and even chocolates with interesting inclusion - crickets! OPM could only think of the most perfect...

n I wanna wake up in the city that never sleeps…New York! New York! n n Unlike my Atlanta and San Francisco chocolate escapades, where I had the pleasure of experiencing personalized tours, chocolate tasting, and most importantly a time to discuss chocolates with the...

From Mid-West Michigan, to Southern State of Georgia, to West Coast Nevada and now to the Pacific Coast of California, home to one of the most famous bridges in the world – San Francisco. n n n I headed to the Bay Area and visited some of the greatest chocolatiers and...

I’ve been asked, plenty of times, “Why go to the U.S. to study about chocolates, when Europe is THE place for THE best chocolates?” n n The reason is that the bean-to-bar chocolate movement in the U.S. and North America is growing stronger than ever, surpassing even...

Our newsletters might have been quiet in September but the OPM wheels were certainly churning. Between Luchie and I, we travelled about 30,000 kilometers last month as part of OFW para sa Magsasaka operations, and very excitingly, to move us nearer to everyone’s...

Cacao Doctor Luchie Suguitan held Chocolate 101: An Introduction to Chocolate Tasting, attended by the Farmers of OFW para sa Magsasaka and representatives of the Department of Agriculture (DA) and the Department of Trade & Industries (DTI) of the CARAGA Regional,...

n Part of our pre-awarding process in OPM is to ensure our farmers are educated even financially. They must understand what partnership means and what their responsibilities are once they enroll their farm with OPM. We are happy to gain the support of the Agriculture...

n We are proud to announce that OPM, launched just last April 2016, is now ready to roll out partnership for the first twenty hectares of cacao farms constituting our first “seed cycle”. Intercropped with other agricultural products, our cacao farms will be championed...