Save the Rainforest and the People who live there with Eco-Commerce! Join our Mission and Vision!

The Rainforest is in grave danger. In the time it takes you to browse this site, approximately 150 acres of Rainforest have been cleared forever. You, however, can be a part of the solution.

The World Watch Magazine reports, "Chocolate may indeed be a matter of profound importance, if we can consume it in a way that will benefit the forests." In their feature article on Chocolate entitled, "Growing Cocoa to Regenerate Rainforest", they state, "Chocolate owes its origin to tropical rainforest, the richest ecosystem type on earth in terms of species diversity... (Cocoa's) shade tolerance is a promising asset. Cocoa can supply an economic rationale for preserving tropical forest canopy.

What the Amazon Herb Company's Chocamaca^TM has to offer is profound in terms of contributing to Rainforest preservation today! Company president and founder, John Easterling shares, "We work directly with 14 different indigenous communities in the Amazon. We ecologically and sustainably harvest the herbs that we use (in Chocamaca^TM and all the Amazon Products). We have an ecological economics principle at work. When someone uses the products, they are helping to make the Rainforest more valuable alive than dead."

"We give resources to the indigenous communities to collect the herbs which replaces their income, or in many cases gives them income that they didn't have before. It gives them the ability to make decisions about their future, which they haven't had the opportunity to make in several generations. In many cases, they are able to get the rights and deeds to the land and they are able to throw the lumber companies off the land. It provides a new source of income for them and re-establishes the infrastructure and integrity of the Rainforest community. Where we are working, the Rainforest is pristine. This is the good news from the Amazon!

"When the the big trees are gone, the birds have no home and our children will not know the joy of their songs. And now, with you, we have rice and manioc and machetes and things for our people. And for you, these plants so your people can know the power of the forest. And now when the sun comes, the big trees will be there to greet the morning. I have traveled for many days and this is what I know."

Filipe, Chief of Porveneer, Amazon Basin

Now is the time for ecology and commerce to join and make positive change in the world. We vote with our dollars, and every year consumers buy commodities that degrade our earth when we can be purchasing ecologically sound items that positively impact our lives. This is also the case with the world's favorite delicacy, chocolate.

"No one is doing what we are doing. We are working completely hands-on with the communities in the Rainforest and directly providing real assets and benefits there. The secret of our success in having a commitment to something larger than ourselves. . . Because of our years of Rainforest relationships and our permanent facility in the Amazon, we have formed partnerships with the indigenous people to really work hands-on at the village level. Now they have resources to make new choices about their future."

Amazon John Easterling

When you fulfill your next chocolate fix, try Chocamaca^TM and make a profound difference in your health as well as the planet's ecology. To learn more about other Amazon Products, go to: "Additional Health Supporting Rainforest Products".