coffee farmers

Nicaragua coffee farmers receive support to prevent Covid-19

Seeds for Progress Foundation and Mercon Coffee Group have joined efforts to mitigate the impact of coronavirus in coffee growing regions of Nicaragua thanks to a €100,000 relief fund allocated to them by the Dutch Development Bank (FMO).

Business, Origins

Send a Cow encourages people to ‘connect over coffee’ for Loneliness Awareness Week

UK-based charity Send a Cow is encouraging people to catch up (virtually) over coffee with friends, family, or someone who may be alone during lockdown during this year’s Loneliness Awareness Week (15 – 19 June).

Business, Origins

Support pours in from UK coffee companies to help fuel NHS staff

Members of the British Coffee Association (BCA) and the wider industry have donated over 900 coffee machines and sufficient pods, beans and blends to make nearly 2 million cups of quality coffee for NHS staff during the coronavirus pandemic.

Business

Nespresso introduces new Ugandan coffee and marks second year of success for Reviving Origins programme

Nespresso is introducing AMAHA awe UGANDA, ‘Hope of Uganda’, a new and seasonal coffee from the Rwenzori Mountains of Uganda, made possible only through the company’s unique Reviving Origins programme.

Blending, roasting & processing, Origins, Product news, Sustainability

ECropOrigin launches coffee connection application

ECropOrigin has announced a new application, The Coffee Connection Application (TCCA), which provides traceability and increases transparency to help verify authenticity throughout the coffee supply chain.

Blending, roasting & processing, Origins

FNC contributes first 240,000 trees in coffee regions to Colombia’s national reforestation goal

The Colombian Coffee Growers Federation (FNC) has pledged to contribute 240,000 trees to the Colombian government’s national reforestation goal of 180 million during a four year period.

Origins, Sustainability

Neumann Kaffee creates NKG Bloom to aid coffee families

Neumann Kaffee Gruppe (NKG), a green coffee service and trading group, has introduced NKG Bloom – a long-term sustainable-sourcing initiative.

Business, Sustainability

Central America: At the forefront of coffee R&D

Central America is home to many of the world’s most important coffee research and development projects. Participatory research involving producers is the new norm, generating localised strategies that account for the realities of managing both smallholder and commercial farms. By Rachel Northrop

Business, Origins

New app allows consumers to tip coffee farmers directly

A new app has been created by former hedgefund manager, Crawford Hawkins, that enables consumers to give a tip directly to the Colombian farmer that produced their coffee.

Business, Origins