This week our FairChain training squad headed out to Limu for a new event in the series of farmer training. Topic: soil fertility. That’s a main element in our curriculum,
From cherry to cup within a week. In our FairChain, that is perfectly possible. Marten (Fairfood), Jan (Wageningen University & Research) and Mark (FairChain) were picking some fresh red cherry
How have poorly educated coffee farmers who have grown up literally fighting for their very survival in a savagely war-torn African nation go on to win one of the coffee
If you thought Moyee was all about being the good guys of coffee, then think again… That’s right. Don’t let yourself get distracted with all the radical hype of the
As would be expected in his highly acclaimed coffee book ‘Uncommon Grounds’, Mark Pendergrast tells a story about coffee. Well at least, it mostly comes across as a story, when in
We’ve covered a lot of ground with this blog to document some of the bravest, boldest and most daring adventurers from today’s coffee industry. These are the men and women
The Fair Trade movement has demonstrated enormous effectiveness in providing an alternative market for a wide range of locally finished products. Enabling producers right back at the start of the
It’s not just the drab misty weather of Portland Oregon in the United States’ Northwest which has led to it being one of the greatest coffee cities of the world.
By definition, fair trade is an alternative form of doing business that protects smallscale producers from the oftentimes harsh and unpredictable swings of the open market by guaranteeing them a
Fairtrade coffee when it’s served cold and watered down. At least that’s the answer that a Senegalese development economist named Ndongo Samba Sylla will give you. Now, let’s just get
Read more here about how one particular coffee company is creating shared value in Ethiopia. Moyee Coffee | That’s just how we roll!
It’s become apparent in the past two decades that there’s more than one way to play fair when it comes to trading commodities. The FairTrade movement began more as a
