COP 17, this year’s gathering of the UN’s effort to combat climate change is now gathering in Durban, South Africa.
Fair Trade & Climate Change
November 29th, 2011A Visit to Guaya’b, Guatemala
November 28th, 2011Our partners at the Guaya’b Cooperative in Guatemala were recently visited by a Canadian man riding his bike through town.
How do you spell October? F-A-I-R T-R-A-D-E M-O-N-T-H.
October 5th, 2011Company president Ben Corey-Moran called in to join Helge Hellberg and Mark Mulcahy on the radio show An Organic Conversation. The theme, sustainable empowerment, looks at the two choices we face as consumers: let our buying habits deplete natural resources and entrench communities in cycles of poverty or make choices that are mutually beneficial. Ben [...]
Who’s That At Our Door?
July 20th, 2011While coffee sales tend to sag slightly in summertime, socializing increases exponentially. We love giving tours of our space, offering up great coffees to taste, walking the path that coffee takes in our warehouse from the loading dock through the roasting room and production floor, outside to the community garden planted on land we donated. [...]
Recognizing the Underpaid Work of Women
June 28th, 2011The women employed by our partner cooperative in Nicaragua recently started their own cooperative.
The School in Los Alpes, Nicaragua
June 16th, 2011The story of a school that farmers built, and their work to build a strong and successful cooperative in their community.
New Crop Arrival: Flor de Jinotega, Nicaragua
June 10th, 2011New crop coffees from the recent harvest in Central America are arriving. Fresh, crisp, and sparkling with flavor.
Climate Change in Your Cup?
March 30th, 2011A recent New York Times article highlights the impact of climate change on coffee. Learn more, below the jump.
Coffee Harvest #3 ; It’s still happening !
January 30th, 2011The Harvest in Nicaragua as in most of Central America and Mexico will be over in about a month. From November to March, depending on Latitude and altitude, the harvest continues as the cherries ripen . Unlike grapes that ripen all at once,