Sentences with phrase «many coffee farmers»

David Griswold cofounded and ran Aztec Harvest, a sales - and - marketing outfit for coffee farmers from Mexican cooperatives that was owned by the farmers.

«I've had business - school graduates here because I feel like the longevity of the company really depends on competing, using the rules of business,» says Griswold, who'd applied to business school but kept deferring when the chance to sell the beans of Mexican coffee farmers presented itself.

Much is siphoned off by middlemen in the export country, known to Latin American farmers as «coyotes,» who offer the lowest possibleprice - leaving some 20 million coffee farmers trapped in poverty.

Stumptown Coffee Roasters, a coffee shop and wholesaler in Portland, Oregon, works with coffee farmers to create programs for farmworkers, including nutrition education and funding for schools in the farmworkers» communities.

The ability to incorporate technology into this process means the potential to connect directly with tens of thousands of sustainable coffee farmers, and the possibility of financial inclusion for these farmers, he said.

As a continuation of its ethical sourcing commitment, Starbucks will launch a pilot program with select coffee farmers in Costa Rica, Colombia and Rwanda to develop next - level data technology to log and share real - time information along the journey of coffee beans with the aim of driving positive impact to smallholder farmers within its supply chain.

The promise of connecting coffee farmers to coffee drinkers is an extraordinary leap in transparency and accountability, and it speaks volumes about Starbucks commitment to creating a product that is good for people and for the planet.»

This research will benefit more than a million coffee farmers and workers around the world and will have a ripple effect on 25 million people around the globe who rely on coffee for their livelihoods.

Through a new smallholder farmer loan initiative with the Inter-American Developmental Bank (IDB) directed toward a women - led coffee cooperative, and an expanded partnership with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) aimed at helping young coffee farmers in post-conflict zones build greater resiliency and expertise, Starbucks will help create opportunities in some of Colombia's most vulnerable coffee growing communities.

I just don't see how that hypothetical future coffee farmer would be induced to supply for a different market (non fair trade) just because the fair trade market is lucrative.

A coffee farmer in Mexico is undeniably what the economic majority would define as poor.

Challenges such as the coffee berry borer, labeling, and marketing still persist, but today's Kona coffee farmers meet those challenges with the same independence and toughness of their predecessors.

This coffee is grown at an altitude between 3,200 and 3,900 feet, under shade trees, with orange and tangerine trees planted People: Arabica coffee farmers in Kintamani are organized into traditional groups called Subak Abian.

With this in mind, we have developed personal relationships with coffee farmers in both Nicaragua and Costa Rica.

In addition to eliminating waste in the environment, coffee flour has provided an additional revenue stream for coffee farmers.

All I can say is that from reading this news article, there seems to be a lot of conspiring and manipulation between big bucks companies and the so called ethical / environmental certification agencies at the expense of small coffee farmers and mother nature.

We are committed to protecting wildlife habitat and providing assistance to our coffee farmers through our shade grown coffee certification.

For years, many of coffee farmers failed to earn a reliable living from growing it, so Fairtrade came in to ensure those guys are getting at least the Fairtrade minimum price for their coffee.

New research exploring the effects of bee pollination on quality and quantity of coffee shows promise both for bees and coffee farmers.

In 2002 our program was launched as «UTZ kapeh» (pronounced o͞otz kahpāy) by a Belgian - Guatemalan coffee farmer and a Dutch coffee roaster, meaning «good coffee» in the Guatemalan Mayan language of Quiché.

The Colombian Coffee Growers Federation's response was: «Thousands of Colombian coffee farmers will benefit from this development.

We are particularly pleased to note that in spite of the challenging external situations coffee farmers were facing — including severe climatic conditions; extremely high fertilizer prices, Coffee Berry Borer (CBB) infestation and a severe outbreak of coffee rust — better agricultural practices meant UTZ farmers were able to maintian their yield and actually increase their productivity and income.»

«Who better to support the Ugandan coffee farmer facing a plague for the first time than the Peruvian coffee farmer who has been dealing with it for years?»

We've trained thousands of coffee farmers to safeguard local streams and rivers in the highlands of Rwanda, where Africa's two largest rivers, the Nile and the Congo, originate.

We work with tea and coffee farmers across East Africa to advance sustainable agricultural practices across vulnerable landscapes and watersheds.

We invite you to join the efforts of Project 2050 by purchasing carbon offsets, investing in reforestation efforts, and supporting coffee farmers taking steps toward better production practices.

For coffee farmers who'd grown to enjoy their regular beverage, this was hard to take.

RA rolled out an excellent implementation guide for Latin American coffee farmers, which I'll be writing about, and told me about a couple of other upcoming initiatives that I am excited about — in spite of what the expression on my face might suggest.

This situation is beginning to worsen, as production costs for coffee farmers around the world are rising due to the skyrocking costs of petroleum - based fertilizers, and the global credit crunch.

The true cultural event of the year, the November fest is the years highlight for most of coffee farmers in Kona.

This video highlights a coffee farmer in Rwanda named Ferdinand who is using his Rainforest Alliance training to keep his community's water safe and unpolluted.

The coffee company Nespresso implements those practices on supplier farms, and is piloting a program to boost coffee farmers» climate resilience through agroforestry.

The International Coffee Organization (ICO)- the largest international lobby for the coffee industry - lists climate change as one of the most important factors adversely affecting small coffee farmers.

Several years ago, the Rainforest Alliance partnered with the local coffee cooperative UNECAFE (Unidad Ecológica para el Sector Café Oaxaqueño) to pilot a reforestation program with certified coffee farmers to restore degraded areas within and around coffee parcels.

The authors of this study interviewed 36 Mexican shade coffee farmers regarding their knowledge and resultant perception and attitudes of the wildlife on their farms.

The day is long but fruitful: we test and tweak our protocol and engage in good conversations with the knowledgeable, enthusiastic Sovu staff and some neighboring coffee farmers.

What we as coffee consumers tend to forget is that many coffee farmers have limited literacy and keep very minimal records.

We are passionate about producing amazing coffee and caring for the well - being of the coffee farmers who grow it.

The project supports local coffee farmers of the Chatino indigenous group.

Generate resources, financial or otherwise, for indigenous coffee farmers as a result of selling verified emissions reductions on the voluntary carbon market, and by selling Climate - friendly branded coffee.

Quote from UTZ certified coffee farmer Amaro Chasquero from Peru talking about better conditions fro workers.

Quote from Regional Cooperative Manager Albertino Meza Ojeda from Peru talking about training coffee farmers on the UTZ requirements.

Quote from UTZ certified coffee farmer Daniel Bruxel from Brazil talking about the impact of UTZ certification.

Quote from UTZ certified coffee farmer Nguyen Thu Truc from Vietnam talking about the impact of the Coffee Climate Care Project (Italian).

Quote from UTZ certified coffee farmer K.C. Achaiah from India about the impact of UTZ certification.

A few months ago I wrote about the announcement of new award for coffee farmers initiated by Cooper Ecological Monitoring, Roast Magazine, and Birder's Exchange (a program of the American Birding Association).

Productive efficiency of specialty and conventional coffee farmers in Costa Rica: Accounting for technological heterogeneity and self - selection.

In the agriculture section you can find quite a few coffee farmers in Latin America, most of which are looking for loans to buy fertilizer, and / or pay for labor to help weed or harvest their crops.

A new award for coffee farmers is being initiated by Cooper Ecological Monitoring, Roast Magazine, and Birder's Exchange (a program of the American Birding Association).

A professor of sustainability in Bogotá, Dr. Ximena Rueda talks about certification and the challenges facing smallholder coffee farmers.