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New: Business Impact Reports Give Roasters Coffee Sourcing Data
Individual impact reports are now available for all roasters sourcing coffee through Algrano. An industry first, the document summarises the evolution of relationships between roasters and producers and prices premiums paid in comparison to widely adopted benchmarks.
published 6 months agoAlgrano's Impact Report 2022
Eight years after its first container, Algrano now releases a baseline report rating the impact of the company’s innovative direct trade model.
published about 1 year agoBrazil: Why Is Organic Coffee Rare?
This is a complete guide to the context of organic coffee production in Brazil. It also introduces the partnership of APAS Coffee in the South of Minas Gerais and Kaffeemacher in Switzerland.
published over 1 year ago- Brazil
What if women ruled the supply chain?
Learn about Equal Origin's Gender Equity Index, Grounds for Empowerment's female producer business skills workshops, Gente del Futuro's coffee skills trainee program and Bean Voyage's informal networks and positive masculinity workshops. The best part is that you can get involved in all these projects! How? Watch the recording to find out...
published about 2 years ago- Costa Rica
- El Salvador
- Tanzania
- Kenya
How a roaster is having an impact in the lives of Honduran smallholders
Having an impact at origin is more than paying above the C price for specialty coffee. Dutch roastery Wakuli partners with Cafesmo in Ocotepeque to help farmers improve the quality of their beans so they can get better pay from all of their customers. Their story started at Algrano in 2021.
published about 2 years ago- Honduras
Café Selva Norte: the environmental project in Peru you should support to reduce your carbon footprint
Deforestation is one of the main causes behind the emission of greenhouse gases in Peru and growing coffee under full sun, a practice which became common after the leaf rust crisis in 2013, is one of the contributing factors. To fight this, agroforestry project developer Ecotierra created the Café Selva Norte initiative. Read our interview with Guillaume Nadeau, Deputy CEO of Ecotierra Canada, to learn how the project supports cooperatives through microcredit, seedlings and technical assistance to farmers so they can transition from full sun to a healthy shade-grown crop, which will also improve their yields and double their income.
published almost 3 years ago- Peru
What is a fair price to pay to a small coffee farmer in Peru?
Exporting company Allpa Ruru breaks down the cost of production and earnings of Peruvian smallholders, compares current numbers to the country's estimated living income and presents key facts about the payment structure and the local supply chain. See how much farmers are getting paid and what they need to make a living.
published almost 3 years ago- Peru
Five things you can do now to reduce supply chain uncertainty
This May, Algrano hosted an Instagram Live with Mario Alarcon and Christian Starry of The Guat Lab in Guatemala. The main topic of discussion was supply chain uncertainty. The coffee industry continues to struggle with retail disruptions caused by the pandemic, which in turn led to great supply chain volatility. Though it can be hard to find a silver lining in all this, COVID has had an unexpected equalizing effect. Suddenly, we were all in the same boat.
published almost 3 years ago- Guatemala
A digital-first coffee brand: the secret behind GOAT STORY
To explore the power of digital even further, we interviewed Dusan Maticic from Goat Story - the coffee brand that has technology built into their DNA. He told us about multiple unexpected plot twists in the history of the company driven by the team’s passion for technology and good coffee. Read the full interview to learn the brand's story, what brought them to roasting and how digital channels can help a small roastery promote great products and stand out.
published over 3 years ago“Quality, transparency and the story” - how Langøra builds strong coffee partnerships
Langøra, a Norwegian roastery and an ambassador of Algrano, is a strong proponent of transparency and quality in coffee. Prior to the TRØNDELAG KAFFEFESTIVAL festival we spoke to Kristian Helgesen, the owner of Langøra, and Allan `Botre, BDR from SanCoffee - a coop from Brazil they’ve built a partnership with via Algrano, about the businesses’ core values and what is the impact of the direct relationship on both sides.
published over 3 years ago- Brazil
Copenhagen Coffee Lab + Jumarp: a Danish-Peruvian synergy
Read the story of a Nordic roastery Copenhagen Coffee Lab and a Peruvian cooperative Jumarp to see a great example of how simple yet exciting can a direct coffee relationship be.
published almost 4 years ago- Peru
IWCA El Salvador: female leaders bringing unity to a divided country
How AMCES (Alianza de Mujeres en Café de El Salvador), one of the seven coffee producer guilds operating in El Salvador, is standing out for its efforts to unify the sector and bring growers together through education.
published about 4 years ago- El Salvador