Victor Claar is the kind of guy that gets up at the crack of dawn each day, eats a bloody steak for breakfast and washes it down with eight raw
Value-adding is simply the act of adding value to a product, whether you have grown the initial product or not. It involves taking any product from one level to the
Great coffees have existed since the dawn of time. The only problem is finding them. But finally we humans stumbled across this magical fruit and the world changed forever. No,
Georges Howell, that’s what! The specialty coffee scene today is known for, and defined by the über-cool way in which it sets and defines trends that rage against everything we’ve
“B Corps might turn out to be like civil rights for blacks or voting rights for women – eccentric, unpopular ideas that took hold and changed the world.” -Esquire Magazine
Right from the beginning, Divine Chocolate has been an over-achiever. Back in 1998, when fair trade products were still etching their way from world shops and sneaking their first peeks
We don’t have anything against Fairtrade, we just think it’s time to do more. And it seems that Steven Macatonia, the co-director of Union Hand-Roasted Coffee, shares the same idea. “If
It’s happening a lot more nowadays at fair trade conventions and seminars. Brawls, that is. That’s right, the gloves are off, bar stools are flying, whiskey bottles are smashing, guns
FairChain = awesome coffee. Don’t believe us? Fine, then while you’re at it, here’s another thing you shouldn’t do: take our word for it. Instead, take that of renowned broadcaster,
FairChain is all about celebrating the heroes of the direct trade movement. It’s what makes us spring out of bed in the morning, fire up the coffee machine and sing
FairChain’s first act of revolt is to build a professional roasting plant in Ethiopia dedicated to exporting radically good coffee to the West. With this roasting plant, Ethiopian coffee beans
Guido van Staveren dreamt of a world where the commercial market for coffee and the social cause for distributing more (and well deserved) value and profit to coffee producers could
