Cooperativa de Provisión Apícola Cosar Ltda.

Cooperative of producers integrating over 130 beekeepers located in the Center and Northern region of Santa Fe where milk production and cattle’s breeding are the main farming activity. And the main nectar supply comes from: Clover, Alfalfa (medic) & Melilotus. Additional nectar supplies are Sunflower fields, Natural forest & Parana´s River island. All cooperative members work under the same production protocol without use of antibiotics. Every producer formally agrees and commits to the organization quality standards. Their facilities are 12 Honey Extraction plants with SENASA registration located in the province of Santa Fe. And 1 Warehouse and Homogenization Plant in Santa Fe with SENASA registration and HACCP system implemented. Annual average honey production is between 800 and 1000 MT, with a total of 30.000 beehives under the same quality system. Cosar also provides beekeeping supplies to its producers and its Technical Department works side by side with its beekeepers to assure quality and improve productivity. All beekeeping activities are documented by beekeepers and monitored by technicians, who control the compliance of production protocol. They generate traceability from the beehives of each producer to the final product. This allows them to provide full traceability documents from the beehives to the export product. Cosar is also a Fair Trade certified organization (granted by FairTrade International), assuring the cooperative and its hoeny meets the international standards of: social responsibility, quality product, environment care and fair terms of trade. Cosar integrates the Fairtrade Honey Network along with another 26 beekeeping organizations of Latin America.