Posted by Amanda on 12 May 2011 | Tagged as: Social Responsibility
During Guatemala’s civil war from 1960 – 1996, the country experienced great instability and loss. The indigenous populations of Guatemala were particularly affected. The Ixil population in particular lost about half of their total population. The war had lasting effects, with around 87% of the Ixil Triangle Region still in poverty.
Fundacion Ixil is a Guatemalan [...]
Posted by Amanda on 10 Feb 2011 | Tagged as: Social Responsibility
Imagine you are a 12 year old Mayan girl living in the beautiful Lake Atitlan region of Guatemala, yourfamily surviving on income from a small holding of coffee plants…
The end of the harvest is only a couple of months away, and you, like 3 out of 4 neighboring indigenous families, are living in extreme poverty [...]
Posted by Amanda on 25 Feb 2010 | Tagged as: Fair Trade, Social Responsibility
Thanks to the support GMCR is providing through Catholic Relief Services, the ASOCAMPO cooperative farmers and their families are now diversifying the use of their land, and in addition to growing coffee are growing food to eat and to sell, as an additional source of income.
Posted by Laura on 29 Oct 2009 | Tagged as: Fair Trade
The story of Nell Newman’s, President of Newman’s Own Organics, trip to Guatemala to meet Fair Trade farmers.
Posted by Laura on 09 Oct 2009 | Tagged as: Other Stuff
Learn about one of Green Mountain Coffee’s Fair Trade cooperatives, Chajulense cooperative in Guatemala.
Posted by Laura on 30 Jun 2008 | Tagged as: Coffee & K-Cup Portion Packs, Social Responsibility
(As told to Laura Peterson)
I have just returned from a business trip unlike any other I have ever experienced.
We send a group of employees “to source” every year to learn more about what goes into growing and harvesting high-quality coffee. Invariably, people return with a new respect for the bean, and the hard working farmers [...]