Erica Gilmore and spouse Drew are former development workers who met in Afghanistan; each had a family farming background, and a common interest in “fair trade” as a means to support self-reliance in rectifying some of the economic imbalances between first and third worlds. The missing ingredient was the cacao bean.
Fast forward to the Haitian earthquake of 2010.
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Visit Hummingbird’s factory, store, and café at 476 Ottawa Street, Almonte.
By Rick Stow