The Baobab fruit, scientifically known as Adansonia digitata, holds cultural and nutritional significance in Zimbabwe. Commonly referred to as the "Baobab Tree" or "Tree of Life," this iconic African fruit is native to Zimbabwe and thrives in the country's arid regions. The fruit is recognized for its unique appearance, with a hard, coconut-like shell and a powdery pulp that contains essential nutrients and antioxidants.

Baobab fruits are harvested from the baobab tree once they are ripe. The fruit has a hard outer shell, and the inside contains pulp, seeds, and fibers.

To access the pulp and seeds inside the hard shell, the baobab fruit is cracked open. This can be done manually or using machinery designed for this purpose. In this process step, our feedstock accrues.

Biochar is produced right at the cracking facility, quenched with water, packaged, and stored, until it is redistributed to smallholder farmers in the region, for free.

OFA gives free trainings to the farmers, teaching them how to make compost including biochar. The compost is used for their next crops and the cycle is closed.

We track every single batch that is produced up to the final area where biochar is given to farmer clusters and ultimately put back into the soil.