Although the majority of East African coffee is produced by smallholder farms, in Malawi 95% of coffee is grown on large estates. So as the only...
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Expanding Sustainable Harvest’s East African Coffee Supply
In May, Boss and Thangale, agronomists based out of our Tanzania offices, ventured to three East African countries – Malawi, Rwanda, and Burundi – in...
Emilio Lopez Presents Varietal and Fermentation Experiments
The coffee industry is rife with commentary on raising coffee up to the level of wine, where the final product sells for hundreds of dollars and tiny...
Exploring the World's Southernmost Coffee Region
When I first heard the name “Parana’s Pioneer North” (Norte Pioneiro do Paraná), I thought, why exactly can a state call it self a pioneer,...
Coffee Market Q&A with Jorge Cuevas
March’s interview with Sustainable Harvest’s® Director of Trade Jorge Cuevas touched on the rising pressure on both the producer and roaster sides of...
Risk Management Course Empowers Coffee Producers
The importance of protecting their coffee sank in with the Peruvian co-op managers when Albert Scalla posed this series of questions:
Cupping and Building Relationships in Nicaragua
On Monday, as I drove north through Nicaragua to Las Segovias, past towns with roadside stands selling colorful hammocks, I recalled an email that I...
Market Q&A with Jorge Cuevas
An interview with Jorge Cuevas, Sustainable Harvest’s® Director of Trade
Honduras Farm Visit: Compost Tea at Finca Los Cascabeles
“Everything on an organic farm should smell good,” says farmer Enrique Mario Peréz as he shows us barrels of his homemade liquid additives. “Except...
Rethinking Resources
A few weeks ago, I found myself standing alone on a damp, narrow, forest path with honeybees swirling angrily around me. The tally of stings on my...