Impact Committee Year in Review
Jan 02, 2025
A portion of every coffee bean we sell goes directly back into the communities that grow our coffee. Using those funds, we support projects around the world including reforestation, carbon sequestration, organic composting, food security and much more.
We work in partnership with farmer cooperatives from all over the world, and maintain 28 direct and Fair Trade relationships in 13 coffee growing countries. These cooperatives are local organizations founded and democratically governed by the farmers themselves. They work towards sustainable development in their communities, and strive to produce and deliver the most exceptional specialty coffee available.
Here are some of the projects we funded and approved this year:
- March approved grants:
- CAC Pangoa Coffee Resilience through Time
- COSURCA Strengthening Organic Production for Sustainable Market Access
- Sol&Cafe Increasing Member Productivity
- Triunfo Verde Structural Adaptations for Environmentally Sustainable Production
- Fondo Paez Strengthening Agroforestry Practices
- Fondo Paez Participation in The Chain Collaborative Incubator Program
- COMSA Social and Environmental Regeneration through Coffee
- Rio Azul Climate Change Adaptation Plan Implementation
- November approved grants:
- Module 2 Food Security with Food 4 Farmers and Manos Campesinas
- Reforestation and food security with Maya Vinic in partnership with CLAC;
- Anei seed banking and organic fertilization;
- CAC San Fernando live barriers and organic fertilization
- Training: organic training in Honduras “Diplomado Sembrando Vida”
- Emergency: Congo landslides (February); Congo conflict-driven displacement relief (Ongoing)
- Finished projects:
- AIPEP soil analysis;
- CAC San Fernando watering project;
- Manos Campesinas and Food 4 Farmers food security baseline
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