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    Machare Estate Raises the Bar on Sustainability

    by Wynne McAuley on July 23, 2012 at 10:50 AM

    In 2010, the owners of Machare Estates came to Let's Talk Coffee®/Africa with hopes of connecting in a new buyer relationship. Christy Thorns, green...

    Honduran Beneficio Santa Rosa Coffees Trainings Impacting Quality

    by Wynne McAuley on July 19, 2012 at 12:09 PM

    Throughout the years, Honduras has struggled with a reputation as an unreliable region for sourcing specialty coffee. In recent years however, local...

    Rwandan Multi-Sector Investment Group Partners with Coffee Business Center

    by Wynne McAuley on July 17, 2012 at 12:41 PM

    MIG, or Multi-Sector Investment Group, is a company started in 2004 by the Rwandan government to contribute to the development of the region. The...

    Mzuzu Union Co-op Champions Smallholder Farming in Malawi

    by Wynne McAuley on July 12, 2012 at 12:22 PM

    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...

    Expanding Sustainable Harvest’s East African Coffee Supply

    by Wynne McAuley on June 21, 2012 at 1:11 PM

    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

    by Wynne McAuley on March 15, 2012 at 12:23 PM

    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

    by Wynne McAuley on December 20, 2011 at 12:33 PM

    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

    by Wynne McAuley on July 18, 2011 at 3:04 PM

    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

    by Wynne McAuley on June 1, 2011 at 2:19 PM

    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

    by Wynne McAuley on March 25, 2011 at 2:26 PM

    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...