WHO ARE WE?
BASED IN LONDON, FONIOKA IS A BLACK-OWNED SOCIAL BUSINESS DEDICATED TO REVIVING FONIO - AFRICA'S ANCIENT SUPERGRAIN, ALSO KNOWN AS THE SEED OF THE UNIVERSE!
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OUR MISSION?
SHAPING A HOLISTIC FOOD SYSTEM THAT IMPROVES OUR HEALTH, EMPOWERS LOCAL COMMUNITIES, PRESERVES CULTURE, AND PROTECTS NATURE
STEPHANE KOTTO
FOUNDER OF FONIOKA
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OUR goalS?
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OFFER SOLUTIONS FOR THOSE SEEKING FOOD THAT’S NATURAL, HEALTHY, ORGANIC, CONVENIENT, AND TASTY
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PROMOTE AFRICAN SUPERFOODS AS NATURAL SOLUTIONS TO GLOBAL HEALTH, THE CLIMATE CRISIS, FOOD SOVEREIGNTY AND FOOD SECURITY
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PROMOTE PAN-AFRICANISM AND AFRICAN LIBERATION MOVEMENTS — INCLUDING BURKINA FASO’S, WHERE WE PROUDLY SOURCE OUR FONIO
OUR CORE VALUES?
CONSCIOUS EATING
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AT FONIOKA WE BELIEVE IN CONSCIOUS EATING — THE PRACTICE OF CHOOSING FOOD WITH AWARENESS, INTENTION, AND CARE. IT MEANS VALUING WHERE OUR FOOD COMES FROM, AND CHOOSING FOOD THAT’S NATURALLY GOOD FOR US, GOOD FOR THE COMMUNITIES WHO GROW IT, AND GOOD FOR THE PLANET — JUST LIKE OUR ANCESTORS USED TO.
HOLISTIC HEALTH
WE EMBRACE HOLISTIC HEALTH — WE EMBRACE HOLISTIC HEALTH — AN ANCIENT WAY OF LIFE THAT NURTURES THE MIND, NOURISHES THE BODY, AND BLESSES THE SOUL
ANCESTRAL WISDOM
AT FONIOKA, WE BELIEVE OUR ANCESTORS KNEW BETTER HOW TO GROW FOOD THAT WAS GOOD FOR THEIR HEALTH, EMPOWERED THEIR COMMUNITIES, PRESERVED THEIR CULTURE, AND RESPECTED NATURE. WE VELIEVE WE SHOULD HONOUR OUR ANCESTORS AND VALUE THEIR KNOWLEDGE.
PAN-AFRICANISM
BORN IN THE CARIBBEAN AMONG THE DIASPORA, PAN-AFRICANISM IS A PHILOSOPHY AND A MOVEMENT DEDICATED TO PROMOTING THE UNITY AND SELF-DETERMINATION OF PEOPLE OF AFRICAN DESCENT, BOTH ON AND OFF THE CONTINENT.
ITS VISION IS TO ACHIEVE COLLECTIVE INDEPENDENCE AND PROSPERITY, ENABLING OUR COMMUNITIES TO THRIVE ALONGSIDE THE REST OF HUMANITY — WHILE RESTORING A SYSTEM WHERE PEOPLE AND THE PLANET FLOURISH IN HARMONY.
OUR APPROACH?
PROGRESS OVER PERFECTION
IN A WORLD WHERE ULTRA PROCESS FOOD IS THE NORM, EATING WELL ISN’T ALWAYS EASY (OR CHEAP!) THAT’S WHY WE’RE NOT HERE FOR PERFECTION, BUT PROGRESS.
IT’S ALL ABOUT DOING WHAT WE CAN, WHEN WE CAN, AND KEEP ON LEARNING
— ONE MEAL AT THE TIME.