The crops that can feed a warming world already exist. We build the infrastructure that gets them to market.
Tsarona is the supply-chain and compliance layer that moves climate-resilient African crops — starting with Bambara groundnut — from smallholder farms onto European shelves. EU-approved. Traceable. Non-extractive by design.
It's not the crop. It's the infrastructure around the crop.
The first EU Novel Food approval for Bambara (Regulation 2024/2047). The legal pathway into European markets — and a template replicable across the UK, Switzerland, and beyond.
A direct-trade network across 11 African countries and thousands of producers, with farm-level data built for traceability before regulation requires it.
A proprietary three-step protocol that turns an underutilised crop into a stable, market-ready ingredient food manufacturers can use at scale.
Anyone can find an interesting crop. The work is what surrounds it.
What we use
Meet the Bambara groundnut.
Grown across sub-Saharan Africa for 4,000 years, Bambara is one of the most nutritious and climate-resilient crops on earth. Complete protein. Nitrogen-fixing. Drought-tolerant. We didn't introduce the crop — we built the system that lets it reach a market it had been locked out of. One crop, proven. A template for the next.
Evidence
Proof the system works.
We took Bambara through the full chain — regulatory, processing, supply — and made real products from it: drinks, snacks, breakfast. The products are evidence the infrastructure produces market-ready food.
Why Tsarona
Built for where the world is heading.
Crops built for the conditions the world is heading into — drought-tolerant, nitrogen-fixing, and proven across sub-Saharan Africa for millennia.
EU-approved under Regulation 2024/2047, with farm-level data and audit-ready supply. Compliant today; prepared for tomorrow's traceability mandates.
Non-extractive by design. Our direct-trade model keeps value in the communities that grow the crop — not at a middleman margin.
Building infrastructure for the next crop.
Bambara is proven. The model is replicable. If you work in food manufacturing, procurement, or impact investment — let's talk.