Posted by Amanda on 22 Sep 2011 | Tagged as: Social Responsibility
Every day, more than 20,000 children die because they lack access to basic medicines and primary healthcare. This staggering number is one reason why a non-profit organization called Medicines for Humanity (MFH) was formed in 1997. MFH is dedicated to reducing child mortality in impoverished communities worldwide, working to provide direct and effective responses to this [...]
Posted by Patty on 29 Apr 2011 | Tagged as: Events, Life In Vermont
n May 13th, at 5:30 p.m. the Visitor Center will host, in conjunction with Harwood Union High School., A Journey to Rwanda; Stories of Hope.
Posted by Kristen on 06 May 2010 | Tagged as: Coffee & K-Cup Portion Packs, Fair Trade
Katie Barrow, PR Manager at TransFair USA (the third-party certifier of Fair Trade products in the United States), recently traveled to Rwanda to meet the Fair Trade coffee farmers who produced the beans for our Fair Trade Spring Revival Blend™. There she witnessed firsthand the hope and pride that Fair Trade has brought to the people of this tiny country, especially the women. Here’s her story:
Posted by Laura on 22 Mar 2010 | Tagged as: Coffee & K-Cup Portion Packs, Fair Trade
Green Mountain Coffee is working with the Clinton Global Initiative, TransFair USA, the Cordes Foundation, andl farmers of Rwanda to bring Fair Trade Certified Spring Revival Blend coffee.
Posted by Kristen on 29 Oct 2009 | Tagged as: Life In Vermont
Jean-Paul Samputu, African singer, songwriter, and musician, joined us for a night of Rwandan Storytelling, Song, & Dance as a part of Green Mountain Coffee’s Visitor Center Event series.
Posted by Heather on 10 Oct 2009 | Tagged as: Fair Trade
Green Mountain Coffee’s Lindsey Bolger speaks of her time teaching Rwandans the art of cupping coffee.
Posted by Rick on 23 Apr 2009 | Tagged as: Social Responsibility
A couple weeks ago I received an email (below) from a young woman named Alice Musabende who I met in early 2006 when I traveled to Rwanda with two of my coworkers at Green Mountain Coffee: Lindsey Bolger and Laura Peterson. We spent a long day visiting coffee farmers and co-ops, and later in the [...]