Poverty today, at the global level, is concentrated in a single industry: agriculture. More than 2 billion people—⅔ of the world’s poor—depend on agriculture as their primary source of income: for food security, access to health care, and education opportunities. In an economic system that has largely excluded smallholder farmers...
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Root Capital is thrilled to announce the addition of two sector-leading experts to our board of directors. Lindsey Bolger, who has spent the last three decades promoting sustainable sourcing within the coffee industry, has joined us alongside Marissa Wesely, a lawyer and life-long advocate for women's economic opportunity. You can...
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WASHINGTON, DC, June 19, 2014 — The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), in partnership with Keurig Green Mountain, Inc., Cooperative Coffees, Starbucks and Root Capital, today launched the Coffee Farmer Resilience Fund to leverage $23 million in financial assistance for more than 40,000 coffee farmers combatting the devastating coffee rust...
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