Mighty Earth is an environmental advocacy organization that investigates and campaigns against destructive agricultural practices, with a current focus on the cashew industry in Côte d'Ivoire. The organization highlights how cashew farming expansion drives deforestation, biodiversity loss, and socio-economic issues in West Africa.
Their work documents the conversion of native dry forests to cashew plantations, pesticide pollution threatening ecosystems, and human rights concerns like caustic burns among processing workers. Mighty Earth provides research-based recommendations for creating sustainable supply chains, including implementing traceability systems, halting expansion into native ecosystems, supporting farmer diversification, and promoting forest restoration.
The organization targets consumer markets, policymakers, and companies to drive change toward environmentally and socially responsible cashew production.