How Investing in Young People Sets Coffee Businesses Up for Long-term Success
Duban Gómez Alvarado grew up expecting to one day enter the family business: coffee farming. The
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For Antonio And Roberto, A Small Grant Made A Big Difference
Over the past 20 years, we’ve offered hundreds of coffee businesses the capital and training they
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What I Learned From One Day with a Colombian Coffee Cooperative
As we begin the journey up into the mountains, a small clearing in the trees opens,
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With the Support of Her Co-op, Coffee Farmer Ana Delia Becerra Is Branching Out Into Ecotourism
By the time the sun rises at Finca Eskandia, the farm has already come alive.
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Making the Case for Quality: Lessons from Root Capital and Intelligentsia’s First Joint Workshop
When actors across the coffee supply chain invest in quality, everyone benefits—from the farmer who earns
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How This Colombian Co-op is Sowing Seeds of Hope in the Wake of Conflict
For the majority of Colombia’s 53-year civil war, the southern province of Cauca was a stronghold
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By Working Together, We Can Support Peruvian Coffee Farmers on the Frontlines of Climate Change
For our client businesses in Peru, deforestation and climate change aren’t distant threats. They’re daily realities.
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Trabajando juntos podemos apoyar a productores de café peruanos que enfrentan el cambio climático
Para las empresas con las que trabajamos en Perú, la deforestación y el cambio climático no
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To Rebuild After Conflict, Latin American Farmers Need An Alternative to the Drug Trade
In this month’s Root Capital Roundup, we explore how the illicit drug trade affects farming communities
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On “The Road Where Life Was Once Worth Nothing,” This Business Gives Farmers Purpose
Thirty years ago, this place looked very different. Nestled in the foothills where the Amazon rainforest
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