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Tip a Farmer
Posted on November 23, 2010 by Thaleon
- TraceableCoffee.org
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PRODECOOP’s Merling Preza elected President of CLAC.
Posted on November 8, 2010 by Thaleon
The Vice President of Pachamama Coffee, Mrs. Merling Preza, has been elected the president of CLAC (Coordinator of Fairtrade Small Producers in Latin America and the Caribbean)!!
“It is very important to share and to discuss problems and how we can create a more just and equitable system and how we can advance together,” said Merlin Preza, President of CLAC and General Manager of PRODECOOP, a coffee cooperative in Nicaragua representing more than 2,000 families.
“As a first step, we have to come together as networks to determine what is important to us and how we can improve the role of everyone in the chain of production. And for the other part our job was to share our worries and try to work together.”
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Tour a Coffee Processing Facility in Huatusco, Mexico
Posted on November 3, 2010 by Thaleon
The farmers’ cooperative La Union Regional de Huatusco in Mexico is an amazing place. Small-scale farmers organized to help themselves and their environment. And their organic coffee is first rate.
See for yourself!
Filmed by Olaf Hammelburg for TraceableCoffee.org.
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Tadesse Meskela, of Black Gold the Movie, Knows Coffee!
Posted on October 25, 2010 by Thaleon
The man knows coffee! And you can buy “direct trade” Ethiopian coffee, freshly roasted, from Tadesse’s cooperative, OCFCU, at your local food cooperative or independent cafe: http://www.pachamama.coop/detail.cfm?id=3938
No marketing middlemen stand between you and your farmer. OCFCU is an owner of Pachamama Coffee Cooperative. 100% of profits and ownership remain with small-scale farmers. Simple.
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Pachamama Coffee Co-op on Twitter, ahem.
Posted on October 22, 2010 by Thaleon
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Food Cooperatives Lead the Way, Again
Posted on October 17, 2010 by Thaleon
BUILDING NEW SUPPLY CHAINS, FARMER-DIRECT-TO-CONSUMER
When Pachamama Coffee’s board of directors invested in US-based distribution, the idea was to create a shorter supply chain by connecting producers directly with consumers via cooperatives. By selling a value-added product direct to consumer co-ops (like Park Slope Food Co-op and Sacramento Natural) in the US, Pachamama’s farmer-owners are moving downstream to serve the consumer directly and make more money!
Farmer-owned brands are on the rise and they are found at your local food cooperative or independent grocer. Brands like Organic Valley, Divine Chocolate, Florida’s Natural and Cabot Creamery, to name a few. The National Cooperative Grocers Association offers an easy way to locate a food co-op near you. Collectively, the US food cooperative grocery business is abount the same size as Whole Foods. A significant market that was the first to embrace the natural, organic and fair-trade movements. What’s next? Farmer-owned brands! Support your local food cooperative and farmers by supporting a stronger, sustainable food system for all.
Where to buy Pachamama’s Traceable Coffee in the USA:
http://www.traceablecoffee.org/buy
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PRODECOOP’s Youth Education Program “Estudiando con Café” Excels in Nicaragua.
Posted on October 12, 2010 by Thaleon
Pachamama Coffee Co-op’s founding member PRODECOOP in Nicaragua provides its farmers with social benefits, as documented in this short film produced by PRODECOOP.
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Simply Direct. Coffee farmers are moving up in the world!
Posted on October 8, 2010 by Thaleon
At Pachamama, the farmers own the company. This means better coffee for you, more money for farmers and a healthier environment for all.
And it all started here, at the COCLA cooperative in Quillabamba, Peru:
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Interview with Raúl del Aguila, President of Pachamama Coffee
Posted on September 12, 2010 by Thaleon
This interview was recorded in 2009 in Quillabamba, Peru by Olaf Hammelburg. Raúl del Aguila is the general manager of the COCLA cooperative and the president of Pachamama Coffee Cooperative.
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