by Louisa Augoustakis | Feb 10, 2023 | Vanillafarm
Meet our new Farm Manager Meet our new Farm Manager A home away from home Louise Kaas Hvalsøe is Danish and grew up in Eastern Jutland, but an innate wanderlust led her to Tanzania. Eight months of travelling around Mwanza with a friend, and Louise was in love. Since...
by Mette Bach-Lauritsen | Nov 29, 2022 | Vanillafarm
MEET US: Anneth – Fairness, grit and ambition MEET US: Anneth – Fairness, grit and ambition Meet Anneth who is the new Field Manager on the farm. Anneth is 30 years old, lives in Bukoba where the farm is also situated and has been working with us for four...
by Julie Matschafsky | Apr 15, 2021 | Vanillafarm
MEET US: Jackson – A second family MEET US: Jackson – A second family Last but not least we have Jackson, the third member of the management team. When I first talked to Jackson, I immediately knew he had a funny bone. He instantly starts joking around and...
by Julie Matschafsky | Mar 15, 2021 | Vanillafarm
MEET US: Fillip – learning process philosophy MEET US: Fillip – learning process philosophy In this next interview I would like to introduce you to the second manager on the farm: Fillip. A cheerful young fellow with a great philosophy towards work and...
by Julie Matschafsky | Jan 15, 2021 | Vanillafarm
MEET US: Lily – a woman in charge MEET US: Lily – a woman in charge This next portrait is about Lily. A very dedicated and energetic young woman in her late twenties. As we speak, I feel her commitment echoing through the phone when she proudly tells me...
by metteravn | Nov 25, 2020 | Vanillafarm
A day in the life of a vanilla farmer A day in the life of a vanilla farmer A day in my life as vanilla farmer As we have both a farm and a vanilla company trading vanilla in Denmark, I have to share my time between the two. That means that when I am in Copenhagen, I...
by Julie Matschafsky | Nov 24, 2020 | Vanillafarm
MEET US: Babu – driven by farming MEET US: Babu – driven by farming On a noisy connection to Tanzania, I called, with my heart full of questions about this mysterious vanilla farm by Lake Victoria. I would soon be able to talk to some of the employees to...
by metteravn | May 30, 2020 | Vanillafarm
Progress during corona times Progress during corona times I love the spring in Denmark but this year, I have not been able to enjoy it the same way as I used to. I have been longing to go to Bukoba and contribute to the work that is going on there. Fortunately, we...
by metteravn | Oct 13, 2019 | Vanillafarm
IMMMA and DLA Piper IMMMA and DLA Piper I am sure we could have found a cheaper solution. But I have not one second regretted that we chose to work with IMMMA Advocates – DLA Piper in Tanzania. When setting up our Danish company we chose lawyers that were...
by Søren Søgaards | Sep 16, 2019 | Vanillafarm
Retrospective thoughts Retrospective thoughts It was my first visit to Tanzania and it was a good experience. Dar was nice and we had a good meeting with our lawyers at IMMMA and they have performed much better than I have expected. We also visited the Danish Embassy...
by Søren Søgaards | Sep 10, 2019 | Vanillafarm
Visiting a small lot holder Visiting a small lot holder In Bukoba we visited a small lot vanilla farmer. The purpose was to learn how the locals cultivated the vanilla. The vanilla plants grew at Jatropha plants under a roof of banana plants. The flowers were...
by metteravn | Sep 7, 2019 | Vanillafarm
Jackson – our man on the ground Jackson – our man on the ground When I was in Bukoba in July, I had asked my good friend Josephat if he could help me find someone that could translate and help me with getting credit on my phone and other really small and...
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