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 passion – CHOCOLATES! Luchie will be talking about her US trip in the next letter as she tried to understand more the craft of fine chocolate-making. It started with her completion of her chocolate-making course at Ec

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 by Magkiangkang farmers in Agusan Del Sur, Philippines. We wish to express our heartfelt gratitude and congratulations to the Charter Investors – OFWs and our non-Filipino friends who put their trust and full supp

Welcome Flores de Mayo! The month of newly-elected leaders of the Philippines, the month of flowers, of continuous warmth of summer, and here in OPM, the month of continuous growth. May springs. April was unforgettable here at OPM because of the success of the first Bayanihan in Bayugan, Agusan del Sur in Barangay Magkiangkang. Even as we write this, we are still amazed at how everything happened so fast, yet so cohesively. Together with Iman, seven cacao doctors (classmates