Louise Emmanuelle Mabulo is an award-winning chef, entrepreneur, agriculture advocate, public speaker, and competitive archer. She promotes sustainable agriculture and farm-to-table cuisine. From the United Kingdom, Louise migrated to a rural area 
in the Philippines where she runs her own farm and 
culinary lounge. There, she perceived the importance of 
ensuring food security and supporting the indigenous 
farmers of her locality. At the
 2017 Winter Youth Assembly at the United Nations, Louise won a lifetime fellowship from the Resolution Project for her social
 venture, The Cacao Project. She returned to the Youth Assembly again in 2018 as a Youth Ambassador and was recognized as one of the Outstanding Youth Ambassadors. She is a Regional Finalist for the United Nations Environment’s Young Champions of the Earth for Asia and the Pacific.

Five-Year Project Goals:

• Goal 1: Expand Project to other parts of the Philippines.
• Goal 2: Have running operations for consolidation and marketing of cacao beans, with about to five consistent buyers.
• Goal 3: Production of small-scale chocolate products.
• Goal 4: Accredited and fully running farm training center.

Organization Information: The Cacao Project

The Cacao Project is an initiative which provides participating farmers of San Fernando with cacao seedlings (a long-term, resilient crop which provides them with a considerable income after three years and will be productive for up to 20-25 years), and short term crops such as bok choy, okra, and pumpkins (which will be productive after 19-30 days) to intercrop with the cacao. The produce is sold to the Cacao Project Organization, which then sells it to international buyers. Farmers are paid a fair wage and better positioned for sustainable success. This year, the venture reported it was able to revive water sources within the area because of the mass tree planting efforts in the community. It has also found that people are reaping the harvests of their short-term crops with considerable success: some people have reported that they’ve earned between 3,000 to 12,000 pesos per month from selling their short-term crops at local markets.