Rick Steves has committed $1 million to fund Climate Smart initiatives. Food 4 Farmers is among 11 organizations selected.
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Nell Newman Awards $20,000 Matching Grant to Food 4 Farmers to Boost Farming Family Food Hubs
More than 820 million people around the world don’t have enough to eat, many in rural areas. While the idea of farmers going hungry may seem counterintuitive, over reliance on monoculture cash crops like coffee or cacao, rising costs of…
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Coffee that Matters: Allegro & Food 4 Farmers in Guatemala
Jessica Brooks (right) is a coffee buyer at Allegro Coffee. She recently traveled with Food 4 Farmers to Guatemala to visit our newest partner ACODIHUE, along with Maya Ixil, an organization we’ve worked with since 2014. While there, Jess had…
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Space,Time & Dreams
We’re gathered together on plastic chairs around two sheets of butcher paper tacked to a wall of the warehouse, the lingering smell of green coffee surrounding us. At other times of the year, this is where it all happens. The…
Read MoreCoffee-farming families are counting on you
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…
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