It was clear that the Centre de Formation Rurale in Giheta, Burundi, had great potential when I visited in 2023. This area of Burundi, a small country in southeastern Africa, is blessed with fertile soil, warm weather, and two rainy seasons, making it perfect for pineapples, berries, mangoes, and farming in general. But in 2023, the cooperative didn’t have official certification and hadn’t been able to sell their products commercially for the past 15 years. Stopping them from