Voice of vanilla

80% of the world’s vanilla comes from Madagascar. Producing it is a highly specialist form of agriculture. Vanilla is the only edible food that comes from orchids, and orchids are jungle primadonnas of the highest order. It’s not easy work, and it’s not well paid, despite the very high value of vanilla to the global food trade.

Voice of Vanilla is a film-making project to document the lives of vanilla farmers. It’s a work in progress, and the team are currently raising funds to make a featur...