Guatemala, February 2013. Agrofruit donated seven thousand bananas to rural schools of San Jose Mogollon and El Jabali in Nueva Concepcion, Escuintla. Over one thousand students were benefited from this donation. The donation was made possible through the food security program “Familias Felices” (Happy Families); the objective of this program is to strengthen nutrition in children. Bananas contain high nutritional value,

Guatemala, December 7, 2012. Last Wednesday Agrofruit received the annual Award for Productivity and Competitiveness “Ricardo Castillo Sinibaldi 2012“ in recognition of its work and effort to create a world class company, that supports the economy and development in the country and the region. Bernardo Roehrs, Corporate Director of the company, received the recognition from the hands of

Guatemala, November 2012. On November 7, an earthquake struck Guatemala, killing 52 people, 40 in the department of San Marcos and 11 in the department of Quetzaltenango, region where a large part of the operations of Agrofruit are located and a large number of its employees live. Also one million and a half people were affected, more than 12,000

Guatemala, November 2012. Bernardo Roehrs, director of Agrofruit’s Corporate Affairs, participated in the conference “Towards Corporate Social Responsibility along the supply chain: How and why should companies behave responsibly” which was held in Prague, Czech Republic, last month. This conference was held on International Day of the Eradication of Poverty and the participants included civil society organizations, corporate actors,