Business Should Uplift Lives
At Coco Deli, empowerment is not a side project — it is the core of everything we do. We believe that a sustainable business grows best when the community around it grows too.
From providing farming tools and technology to training families in sustainable agriculture, every effort we make is designed to create lasting, meaningful change in the lives of the people we work with.
Empowerment in Action
Twenty moments from our farms, partner schools and community trainings — select any photo to enlarge it.
Our Know-How, Given Away
Not everyone can join us in person, so we put the training online and left it free. Our two YouTube channels walk through the same methods we use in our own production — filmed in the field, in Filipino, step by step, with nothing held back and nothing to pay.
Anyone can watch: farmers who want a second source of income, students, cooperatives, or another enterprise starting where we started.
MushyDeliTV
@mushydeliA full oyster mushroom course, broken into short lessons and grouped into playlists you can follow from the first day to the first harvest.
- Substrate preparation — sawdust, ingredients, mixing and checking quality
- Sorghum preparation and bottling
- Spawn making, transfer and migration
- Planting spawn into fruiting bags
- Cooking the fruiting bags and setting up the steamer
- What to expect after 3–4 days, and after 21 days
Coco Deli
@cocodeli118How raw coconut sap becomes coconut sugar, filmed at our own facility — the process a farming family can run with the trees already standing on their land.
- Step 1 — Coco sap harvesting for coconut sugar
- Step 2 — Cooking the coco sap
- Step 3 — Filtering the granules
The Unreasonable Why
There is one part no training video covers: why you keep going when stopping would be the sensible choice. Our co-owner, Rodel Sinapilo, wrote a book about it — The Unreasonable Why. Coco Deli was the thing that was unreasonable at the time. The whole Introduction is free to read, with no email to hand over.
From Farm to Community
Our community farming model creates a full cycle of value — from growing to processing to selling — with every step benefiting local participants.
- Community members receive vertical farm setups and training
- Harvests are collected and integrated into Coco Deli's supply chain
- Products are processed, packaged, and sold under the Coco Deli brand
- Revenue is shared back to participating farmers and growers
- Families build sustainable, year-round sources of income
A Movement, Not Just a Business
We envision a Philippines where every community has access to a sustainable food system and where farming is a respected, reliable livelihood for every family.
- Expand the mini vertical farm program to more communities
- Train the next generation of sustainable farmers
- Build a nationwide network of community-based agricultural partners
- Bring Filipino-grown, sustainably produced products to global markets
