Erica Gilmore and spouse Drew are former development workers who met in Afghanistan; each had a family farming background, and a common interest in “fair trade” as a means to support self-reliance in rectifying some of the economic imbalances between first and third worlds. The missing ingredient was the cacao bean.
Fast forward to the Haitian earthquake of 2010.
Visit Hummingbird’s factory, store, and café at 476 Ottawa Street, Almonte.