Our new shareholders and senior directors Mandy Cabot and Peter Kjellerup have been leaders in innovative social enterprise for more than 30 years. In 1990, they started a shoe company out of their garage and grew it into the multimillion dollar, employee-owned company, Dansko. Now, they’re using their social business acumen and visionary leadership to design a regenerative model for large-scale sustainable agriculture. We’re delighted to join Mandy and Peter as part of the Silk Grass Family of companies in this new chapter of our evolution at Xibun River Enterprises.
From dreams, to goals, to action.
Our longtime shareholder and executive leader, Henry Canton, brings business experience, pragmatism, and agricultural expertise to his new role as executive director of Xibun River Enterprises and the Silk Grass family of companies. Henry served as Managing Director of one of Belize’s largest agri-processing companies, Citrus Products of Belize, Ltd. (CPBL), for 12 years. He also owns the country’s premier agricultural consulting firm, Agricultural Development Services (ADS). Henry has been highly influential in growing Belize’s agricultural economy and currently chairs the Belize Agro-Productive Sector group (BAPS) and the Belize Agricultural Health Authority (BAHA).
Alex Martinez, Agricultural Manager at Silk Grass Farms and Xibun River Enterprises’ collection of farms
Our management team is made up of Belizean professionals with rich backgrounds in agricultural and business management. Alex Martinez and Mario Guzman bring decades of agronomic expertise to Xibun River Enterprises and the Silk Grass Family of companies.
Mario Guzman, Farm Manager at Xibun River Enterprises’ Hummingbird Citrus, Ltd. cacao and citrus farm
Measuring what Matters
As part of our commitment to environmental and social responsibility, we’re pleased to bring Minni Forman into the Silk Grass Family of companies as our Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) manager. Minni has worked in food security and social enterprises throughout her career in Belize and the USA. She brings unique insight to our CSR efforts as a creative leader in innovative food systems, from urban farming to large scale agriculture. As we move towards B Corp and Rainforest Alliance Certifications, our CSR efforts will be designed to ensure our practices match our policy every step of the way.