Vanilla vines naturally grow in Sylves, dense tropical rainforests, climbing up all sorts of existing trees. Its growth environment is referred to as its terroir, and includes not only the adjacent plants, but also the climate, the geography and local geology and its entire ecosystem and biodiversity. This is where Sylvanilla® name comes from. By cultivating vanilla vines in agro -forestry, the local communities, living in tropical forests and part of these ecosystems, thrive to generate a sustainable revenue in a circular economy while protecting existing biodiversity.

If you too wish to taste more of the existing Vanilla species and support Sylvanilla®' Partnering Farmers,
subscribe to the Agroforestry Farms development' programs.

The farmers cultivate organic vanilla vines on already existing trees (cocoa, coffee, nutmeg, orange, citrus, ...), you follow up the developments made and from Sylvanilla® you receive every year the first harvested and refined organic gourmet vanilla beans* from the vanilleraie(s) you are helping to grow (*2 vanilla pods per 10 increments) and 10% off coupon on all vanilla beans valid all year long in the online shop.