Collaborations are a powerful force for good. Since the beginning we’ve built partnerships with amazing companies who understand the link between healthy families and good coffee. For the majority of the 17.7 million farmers producing 80 percent of the world’s…
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Action Beyond Vision: 2018 Annual Report
This past year made it clear once again that coffee is simply not enough to support the millions of families who rely on it. The global coffee price has hovered well below the average cost of production, and farmers are…
Read MoreCoffee Industry Veterans & Leading Bee Researcher Join Board of Directors
We are honored to announce the addition of three new board members who will play an integral role in advancing our mission to help coffee-farming families create a food-secure future. New members include Carrie McLaughlin of Keurig Dr Pepper, Juliana…
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Coffee and Honey: Changing the World Together
Food 4 Farmers Board Member Bill Mares travels to Chiapas, Mexico, and chronicles the impact of beekeeping and honey on coffee-farming families.
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Women of SOPPEXCCA Launch Organic Farmers’ Market
Gloria Talavera stood in front of the audience at the University of Northern Nicaragua sharing stories about her garden. This wasn’t a garden club gathering, but a celebration of achievement for Gloria and the 27 other women in Food 4…
Read MoreGive back to the Planet with Food 4 Farmers
The evidence of climate change is all around us. Unfortunately, it’s often the communities least prepared to adapt who are bearing the brunt of the effects. Food 4 Farmers’ programs help coffee-farming families directly address those impacts, which is why…
Read MoreInternational Coffee Day: One Day for Women
Today on International Coffee Day, the world celebrates women in coffee. At Food 4 Farmers, we celebrate women – and have partnered with them – every day since our work began in 2011. We see women as powerful connectors and…
Read More802 Coffee’s Ceres Blend Supports Women’s Empowerment
802 Coffee has launched a new ‘Ceres Blend’ with coffee grown exclusively by women farmers. The Vermont roaster will contribute 20 percent of all proceeds from the blend to Food 4 Farmers to support food security and economic autonomy for women in…
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Making the Case for Better Coffee through Bees
This article was originally published April 12, 2018 on Daily Coffee News. By now it’s common knowledge that bees are in jeopardy throughout the world. As agricultural practices have intensified and pesticide use has increased, bee populations are being decimated….
Read MorePhilz Coffee Features Food 4 Farmers Partnership
We traveled to Nicaragua with the team from Philz Coffee to see the great progress our partner SOPPEXCCA is making to build stronger livelihoods and better nutrition for coffee-farming families and the larger community of Jinotega. Check out this great…
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