Ask the Coffee Lab: Does Coffee Grow in North America

The Green Mountain Coffee coffee team answers the question, “I’ve heard of coffees from Africa and South America, but why not North America?”

Hurricane Matthew hits Coffee-Growing Regions in Mexico

As we all know, this year’s hurricane season has been particularly active and caused much destruction. Natural disasters are always difficult to learn about, but it is especially difficult when we have connections to the affected areas. This wet season has impacted many of our COOPS in Mexico, but particularly hard hit has been CESMACH.
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Fair Trade….Far out in Mexico

Susanne shares a story from her source trip to Mexico.

CESMACH Cooperative

GMCR supports CESMACH communities by providing training, fruit trees, and other products to help families diversify their diet and their sources of income.

Fair Trade Builds Long-lasting Relationships

Green Mountain Coffee works with members of the Unión Regional de Pequeños Productores de Café cooperative in Huatusco, Mexico.

Notes from our CEO: A memorable trip to source

(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 [...]