Blog
West Africa Mango Trip 2017
During the first week of April, 2017, Mavuno Harvest founder Phil Hughes took a trip to West Africa (Cote D’Ivoire and Burkina Faso) in preparation for the upcoming mango season.
The Mavuno Harvest Fair Trade Premium 2016
Thanks to delicious dried fruits, high quality and hard working supplier partners, and our wonderful customers, Mavuno Harvest more than doubled in 2016. Because of this growth we were able...
Introducing Organic Coconut!
Mavuno Harvest originally started with 3 products – organic mango, pineapple and banana sourced from farming cooperatives in Uganda. Over the years, as sales grew we were able to add...
Africa trip 2016
In October 2016, Mavuno Harvest founder Phil Hughes went on a 12 day, 4 country trip to Africa (Ghana, Zambia, Kenya and Uganda) to meet new potential suppliers as well as existing suppliers.
Schools & clean drinking water - The Mavuno Harvest Fair Trade premium 2015
In early 2014, I visited Burkina Faso for the first time, looking for organic dried mango and a strong ethical producer group. Burkina Faso is one of the poorest countries...
Food and the Transformation of Africa
The agriculture and business landscapes in Africa, and why working with smallholder farmers in Africa can really change the future.
Growing Production
Capitalism on a mission and sustainable development. Check out or latest developments!
Markets vs. Aid in Africa
“The question of preference between markets and aid can only be asked in Africa, not in any other region of this world." - Paul Kagame, President of Rwanda
Growing our impact in African farming communities
Here’s a few pics from recent trainings in Uganda.
New farmer trainings on organic farming
Mavuno Harvest is growing – and that’s great news for the farmers whom we work with.
How well do you know Africa?
If you like geography, here’s a fun game!
How we got started
My name is Phil, and I'm the founder of Mavuno Harvest. I served in the Peace Corps in a tiny village called Miti Mingi in Kenya from 2003-2005.