coffee prices
Female Producer Takes Top Honours in 2018 Ernesto Illy Int’l Coffee Award
Coffee beans grown by Rwanda’s Ngororero Coffee Washing Station, represented by Philotée Muzika, were designated “Best of the Best” in illycaffè’s third annual Ernesto Illy International Coffee Award (EIICA).
International Coffee Day 2018: Celebrating & Empowering Women in Coffee
To mark International Coffee Day this year, the International Coffee Organization (ICO) is celebrating the role of women across the value chain and calling on both public and private sectors to empower women to achieve gender equality and increase productivity, supply and sustainable consumption.
Starbucks Commits $20M for Emergency Relief to Central American Farmers
In response to critically low coffee prices in Central America, Starbucks announced a commitment of up to USD $20 million to temporarily relieve impacted smallholder farmers with whom Starbucks does business, until the coffee market self-corrects and rises above the cost of production. These funds will go directly to smallholder farmers in Nicaragua, Guatemala, Mexico […]
We Don’t Own Nature: Coffee Producers and Diversification
Diversification helps farmers remain viable in the face of climate change, disease and infestation, and price fluctuations of the coffee market.