Overview

Sustaining Forgotten Food Biodiversity __________________________________________ Inspired by Indonesia's wealth on food biodiversity, indigenous wisdom, and spiritualism, Javara was founded in 2008. Javara works across the agricultural value chain from production to distribution to keep alive such heritage and bring community-based organic products to the broader market. Javara’s products are biodiversity oriented, signified and differentiated as being origin-specific, artisanal, traceable, ethically traded, incorporating values behind the product, and organically produced. As Indonesia’s leading purveyor of biodiversity food products, to date, Javara works with tens of thousands of farmers, foragers, fishers & artisans across Indonesia from Aceh to Papua. Javara currently holds a portfolio of over 240 organic products that are certified under the EU, US NOP, and JAS standards. Javara has been exporting to over 33 countries on five continents. Its unique positioning in championing fine biodiversity-based food products from rural Indonesia builds the strong branding of Javara's presence both nationally and internationally. Javara has been recognized as the pride of the nation and is often referred to as one of the branding ambassadors of Indonesia. In 2014, Javara was named by Forbes Magazine as one of Indonesia’s 20 Global Rising Stars, the only social enterprise in the class. In the same year, the Government of Indonesia also awarded Javara with Anugerah HKI (Intellectual Property Award) for the category of Brand Owner for its dedication to building the brand of rural/community-based products. In 2016 and 2018, Javara received Government’s Primaniyarta Award in the category of Pioneer of the New Market.