Altaye is another one of our promising young collaborators from Jimma University. Because all four students travelling with us through Kaffa have names that begin
A crucial member of our troupe during our early December road trip through the Kaffa highlands was Inka. Inka is an internationally engaged soil expert who
Amanuel is one of our ‘4 A’s’ on this field trip: promising students helping us reach out to more and more smallholder farmers. Amanuel currently
Three years after introducing FairChain coffee to the world, we published our first annual ‘impact’ report. Provocatively titled Life is Unfair, the report doesn’t just recount our victories, but
Mark, Kauw, our Chief Impact Officer, recently toured a handful of our FairChain smallholders high up in the Kaffa region of Ethiopia. Many of his posts already
As Mark travels to Moyee’s various Ethiopian smallholders, he continues to pick up a few friends along the way. On his most recent trip he
A few weeks back we visited Bogale, one of our smallholders and a prominent figure in his local community. This week we paid him another
We’re scoring quality Arabica from little-known smallholders in Ethiopia. Like Zewdie. He’d like to say ‘hello’. Name: Zewdie Haile Location: Tega Size of property: 2
In December, Mark Kauw, Moyee’s Impact Officer, will visit numerous smallholder farmers in Ethiopia. While known best for his ability to crack the numbers, Mark will sit
We have our roaster, we have our smallholder network and we have you — now it’s time to scale up. FarmVille is what happens when
Together with Jeroen Smits of the International Wealth Index, we’ll crunch the numbers and provide a roadmap to increasing coffee farmer wages in Ethiopia. With
What does the life of a typical Ethiopian farmer look like? What does he earn? What does it cost to send his kids to school?
