Welcome to our blog. With a new blogpost every month, we aim to answer questions and explore topics related to spirulina and our business in Ghana.
Kumasi: the city that became our home
After we established our partnership with The Kumasi Institute of Tropical Agriculture (KITA), Kumasi became Chalé Spirulina’s base and our new home. Coming from Rotterdam, it is least to say that…
July 1, 2024
Breaking ground: one year later
In May 2023, we came to Ghana for the first time to discuss our concept with the Kumasi Institute of Tropical Agriculture. Their enthusiasm motivated us to get started immediately. After setting up…
June 3, 2024
Meet Ruben, Chalé's newest team member
After a successful production pilot in Kumasi, we are ready to set up our commercial production facility. This also means that the workload will become bigger and new challenges need to be addressed.
May 6, 2024
Let's talk about the food transition
According to the United Nations, the world’s population is expected to increase by nearly 2 billion persons in the next 30 years. Also, the middle class…
April 1, 2024
Status update: what's happening?
After careful preparations in 2023, this January we have started the actual production of spirulina. Our initial production system is up and running…
March 4, 2024
KITA: An example of Ghanaian greatness
May 2023; after a few online calls with Samuel - director of the Kumasi Institute of Tropical Agriculture (KITA) - which were arranged by a mutual acquaintance, we embarked on our first trip to Ghana.
February 5, 2024
Spirulina: Food of the future
In a culinary landscape dominated by sausages and meat, the lingering belief that an animal protein-free diet is insufficient persists. For those skeptical of the protein content in legumes, seeds…
January 1, 2024
Why Ghana? It’s an obvious choice!
A sustainable and completely vegan alternative to animal-based protein sources. Production saves up to 99% of land and water resources compared to other protein sources such as soy and meat…
December 4, 2023