by Thread | Feb 3, 2015 | Blog
In Mexico, we continued the trip through the Mayan Highlands to visit Maya Vinic and see how they were coping with La Roya Much the same as we saw with the farmers of Yachil, the farmers of Maya Vinic have also been hit hard by La Roya. We spoke with Mariano Ortiz...
by Thread | Jan 29, 2015 | Blog
Thread travels to Chiapas, Mexico to visit with farmers battling La Roya Traveling with a group of 20 or so other coffee roasters, importers, baristas, and general coffee enthusiasts, we made our way from San Cristobal de las Casas up into the Mayan Highlands to visit...
by Thread | Jan 16, 2015 | Blog
by Thread | Oct 12, 2014 | Blog
A visit with Fondo Paez reveals how farmers have been coping with climate change My first visit to Fondo Paez was a year and a half ago, March 2013. Yuri and several members of Fondo Paez welcomed me to Santander de Quilichao up in the mountains of the Cauca...
by Thread | Oct 9, 2014 | Blog
Next we head to Jambolo to visit some of the farms of Fondo Paez members
by Thread | Oct 8, 2014 | Blog
Michelle and Casey travel to the department of Cauca, Colombia to meet up with producer partners Fondo Paez and their new exporter, ExpoCoSurCa A worker cooperative getting coffee from an importing cooperative getting coffee from an exporting cooperative getting...