Joint Venture with Specialty Commodities

 
 
 
 
 
Dear clients and friends, The Andean Naturals Team is pleased to inform you of some great news:  in the last couple of days we signed a joint venture agreement with Specialty Commodities.  This union will enable us to pursue our mission:   to fuel the growth of the world's market for quinoa and broaden the positive social and environmental impact of our activities to small family farms in Bolivia and Peru.   Andean will continue to promote and sell quinoa as an ingredient.  The main change is that we will transfer all administrative, financial and logistics functions to the efficient SCI platform.  By combining strengths, SCI and Andean will be in a better position to serve clients world-wide:   Access to higher volumes by combining farmers networks in Bolivia and Peru.  In 2011 the SCI-Andean group will be the leading supplier of quinoa, with access to over 8.8 million lbs of organic quinoa.  This is the combined product of almost 4,000 small family farms We will ramp up production in our Bolivian facilities of quinoa-based ingredients (flaked quinoa, puffed quinoa, protein concentrates) We will continue to make food safety our priority, with extensive quality controls and 3rd party pre-shipment analysis at the source More choices for our customers:  various grades and prices to best suit the application One-stop shop for ingredients needs:  Specialty Commodities manufactures, imports and distributes a broad portfolio of specialty crops Increased availability in various regions in the U.S (Oakland, L.A., New Jersey and Fargo warehouses)   This union will also allow us to dedicate more time to the farmers in our network.  In 2011 our field offices will focus on best field practices, sustainability plans and social responsibility.  On this last item we are happy to announce our recent acceptance to the Fair Trade Federation.   Please do not hesitate to contact me for additional details on how this union will improve our service to you going forward.   Best regards,   Sergio Sergio Nuñez de Arco Co-Founder & CEO  Andean Naturals, Inc. 393 Catamaran Street Foster City, CA 94404  Toll Free (888) 547-9777 x 711  Direct Line (650) 303-1780 eFax +1 (707) 202-2838 www.andeannaturals.com  --> Visit us at Expo West in Anaheim, CA. Booth #5328 (March 11-13, 2011) http://www.specialtycommodities.com/aboutus/organic.phphttp://www.andeannaturals.com/22_A_letter_from_Sergio_Nunez_de_Arco,_introducing_the_Joint_Venture_files/AN%3ASpecialty%20Logo2-2.pagesshapeimage_1_link_0shapeimage_1_link_1

Wednesday, December 22, 2010

A letter from Sergio Nunez de Arco, introducing the Joint Venture

 
 
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