Ann Gottlieb
Ann Gottlieb spritzes vanilla-infused fragrances onto the wrists of farmers and their families in Madagascar. It was the first time they had smelled vanilla in a finished product.
Ann Gottlieb spritzes vanilla-infused fragrances onto the wrists of farmers and their families in Madagascar. It was the first time they had smelled vanilla in a finished product.
A bundle of cured vanilla.
A vanilla farmer in Madagascar dries his crop on a long table outside of his home.
Gottlieb peeks out from mounds and mounds of vanilla at the cooperative in Madagascar.
Vanilla growers in Uganda have formed their own village savings and loan.
A completed well in Madagascar that was built by Firmenich to provide clean water.
At the cooperative in Madagascar, farmers use chalk to list the size of the crop.
Workers in Madagascar organize and then bundle cured vanilla by grade.
Ann Gottlieb
A vanilla plant in Uganda. Vanilla pods are green when harvested.