Description
The first 50% of the blend is DIRECTLY THROUGH CALUM MACIEL BROUGH @CALSCOFFEE FROM FAZENDA (FARM) BOM JESUS LOCATED AT Cristais Paulistas IN THE ALTA MOGIANA REGION NORTH OF SAO PAULO BRAZIL, WHERE THE COFFEE IS GROWN AT 1270M, PICKED AND THEN “SUN DRIED” FOR 30 DAYS – WE VISITED THIS FARM IN JULY AND THEY WON THE MOST SUSTAINABLE COFFEE FARM IN BRAZIL
THEY ARE DEVOTED TO THE SUSTAINABILITY OF THEIR FARMING COMMUNITY AND THE RAINFORESTS WHICH IS REFLECTED BY THEIR FORMATION OF THE LABAREDA GROUP IN 1984 AND THEIR MORE RECENT U.T.Z. CERTIFICATION, WHICH IS PART OF THE RAINFOREST ALLIANCE
THE SECOND 50% is from UGANDA iMPORTed VIA OMWANI DIRECTLY FROM AGRI EVOLVE AND Around 300-500 smallholders who contribute to each lot of Agri Evolve’s coffee. The average farm size of these small holders is about 1.5-2.2 acres.
Founded in 2016, Agri Evolve was the result of an observation of the local coffee market: farmers had the coffee, but lacked basic harvesting and processing facilities. On top of this, traders in the area only payed low, cash-in-hand prices, leaving producers unable to improve their own product.
Agri Evolve emerged as an alternative practise, establishing itself as a place to sell unprocessed cherries for a fair market price. Not only that, but the funds made from exportation were funnelled back into programs focusing on training, education, facilities, and equipment all for the farmers to use to increase their yield and profits.
