Sunshine Nut Company is a social enterprise based in Mozambique that is empowering small holder farmers through our great tasting cashews. Our cashews are grown and roasted in-country to allow us to maintain the freshest flavor. Our profits are re-invested in Mozambican communities with a total of 90% of our proceeds going to transformative initiatives! Of our proceeds, 30% goes to supporting farming communities through ‘hand-up’ assistance, 30% to caring for orphans and vulnerable children, and 30% to creating new food companies! We believe our Sunshine Approach™ Philosophy has the potential to do great things! For more information, please visit our website: www.sunshinenuts.com

1. SUNSHINE NUT COMPANY
BELULUANE INDUSTRIAL PARK, LOT 13, MATOLA, MOZAMBIQUE | +1 (772) 222 7439 | SUNSHINENUTS.COM |
INFO@SUNSHINENUTS.COM
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PROVIDING HOPE NEVER TASTED SO GOOD!

2. DELIGHTFULLY DIFFERENT
There is something delightfully different about Sunshine Nut Cashews, the story behind the nuts! Our
cashews are transforming lives in Mozambique through bringing opportunity, dignity, and fairness to
everyone beginning with the grower. Our roasting facility in Mozambique allows us to deliver the
freshest product while training and employing adult orphans.
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3. SUNSHINE APPROACH
 Our profits are re-invested in Mozambican communities with a total of 90% of our proceeds going to
transformative initiatives! Of our proceeds, 30% goes to supporting farming communities through
„hand-up‟ assistance, 30% to caring for orphans and vulnerable children, and 30% to creating new
food companies! We believe our Sunshine Approach™ Philosophy has the potential to do great
things!
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4. SUNSHINE APPROACH
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QUADRUPLE BOTTOM LINE BUSINESS MODEL
Financial, Environmental, Social, and Transformational
 World class, competitive food products
 90% of company proceeds - poor and orphaned
30% to small farm holder communities
30% to orphans and vulnerable children (OVC) care
30% to fund other Sunshine food processing companies
 Use Sunshine factories as training facilities
 Hire adult orphans and promote from within

5. OUR APPROACH
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6. WHY MOZAMBIQUE?
 3rd poorest in the world (Ranked 185 of 187 on UNDP Human Development Index 2012)
 The average annual cash income per rural Mozambican family is $31 USD (BBC News 2014)
 2 million orphans (Unicef 2011)
 80% of Mozambique population employed in Agriculture
 Agricultural Activities composed of 99.9% Subsistence Farming (2009/2010 Mozambique
National Statistics Institute - INE)
 Former world leader in cashew production as of 1975 (National Geographic 2014)
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7. BRINGING LIGHT TO A PROBLEM
Campaigners attack profits made by supermarkets from bag of cashews
Fair trade activists urge EU to set up regulator to stop abuses of low pay and poor working conditions in
Africa and India
Cashew nut workers suffer 'appalling' conditions as global slump dents profits
Many workers earn just 30p a day and risk permanent injury, say NGOs, as they call for EU crackdown
on unfair trading practices
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“POOR MAN‟S CROP, RICH
MAN‟S FOOD”

8. PROJECT SUNSHINE
….VERTICAL INTEGRATION TO TRANSFORM
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9. THE HOT CROP!
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10. PRESS
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“The Sunshine Approach improves on traditional “fair trade” in that it
creates incentives for quality all along the value chain, and lowers
costs. It is a brilliant concept that combines “heart” with “head,”
based on deep knowledge of how commodity trading and markets
work, together with a deep commitment to reducing the suffering of
the world´s most needy. Perhaps most importantly, it has the
potential to transform how commodities are purchased from the
poor, significantly reversing the terms of trade to the benefit of
smallholder farming families and their communities worldwide.”
- Jake Walter, Technoserve Director for Mozambique (Sept. 2013)
1st Annual Report:
Spotlight Company
The Sunshine Nut Company
provides tasty employment in Africa

11. A MESSAGE FROM OUR FOUNDER
The Sunshine approach model is founded on the basis that
companies can have profound positive impact on people‟s lives. While
at The Hershey Company, I was inspired by the company‟s
commitment to caring for orphans. Milton Hershey opened a school for
orphaned boys in 1909 and upon his passing in 1945 left his fortune to
the school. The school has transitioned many children into a
successful life, including my father-in-law who graduated 1955.
It is our objective to demonstrate a model that will successfully
transform poor farming communities in a way that provides fairness,
opportunity, and empowerment from within. We strive to bring people
together around a vision that truly transforms communities.
The success of our company and the impact we create is all thanks to
you! We appreciate the support of our fans and for believing that
providing hope has never tasted so good!
Don Larson
Founder & CEO
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12. OUR FOUNDER‟S PROFESSIONAL CAREER
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13. WWW. SUNSHINENUTS.COM
INFO@SUNSHINENUTS.COM
+1 (772) 222 7439
Sunshine Nut Company
Beluluane Industrial Park, Lot 13,
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