Coffee farming
Meet the Sustainable Coffee Producer Giving Hope to Thailand’s Hill Tribes
Ayu “Lee” Chuepa, a member of the Akha hill tribe native to parts of Southeast Asia, founded his coffee company six years ago, and thanks to a little help from Andy Ricker and Portland's Stumptown, business is booming.
How Tanzania’s Coffee Farmers Are Changing People’s Lives
Small-scale farmers like Mama Gladness Pallangyo struggle to make ends meet with their coffee crops, but immersive tourism is allowing them to supplement their incomes and bring improvements to their villages.
Thailand's New Generation of Coffee Producers Is Going Farm-to-Cup
Coffee is a relatively young industry in Thailand, but its lack of a strong export market means the small and scrappy industry is fueled by a high domestic demand for premium beans.
Drought-Parched California Figured Out How to Grow Coffee Somehow
Those clever Californians and their whopping five inches of annual rainfall have found a way to farm a crop that is used to receiving up to 390 inches of annual rainfall, take a look at this god-like example of greenthumbery for yourself.
A Jamaican Task Force Is Cracking Down on Counterfeit Coffee
In Jamaica and abroad, unscrupulous hoteliers and merchants are attempting to pass off inferior beans as the country's prized, and pricey, Blue Mountain coffee. But don't worry: a new coffee task force is on the case.
