Thank you for supporting Fairbruary 2025!
Your Impact đ â€ïž
Fairbruary 2025 has come to an end, and we want to extend a massive thank you to our amazing customers for making your coffee count this February.
Thanks to your support, we raised âŹ22,600 for our three Fairtrade coffee cooperatives:
COCAFELOL (Honduras)
UCA SOPPEXCCA (Nicaragua)
ASOBAGRI (Guatemala)
Since 2009, the Fairtrade initiative has allowed us to raise over âŹ252,600 for our nominated projects.
Championing Change
By choosing Fairtrade coffee, you have helped to empower community members in COCAFELOL, UCA Soppexcca, and ASOBAGRI to tackle climate change, enhance crop health and productivity, and promote transparency within the coffee industry.
Your support will help achieve the following project goals:
â Reduce their carbon emissions
â Track the environmental impact of their farming system
âPromote best organic practices for climate resilience and improve crop health and productivity
The three coffee cooperatives supported by this project bring together more than 2,500 families engaged in smallholder agriculture, cultivating coffee, cocoa, honey, and organic sugar.
The farms vary in size, ranging from 1 hectare in Guatemala to 3 hectares in Honduras and Nicaragua. If successfully replicated across the region, this pilot project has the potential to benefit an estimated 100,000 farmers in Central America.
Solar Drying of Coffee: Reducing Emissions
One of the many ways that producers reduce emissions is through solar drying. José Yaxcal, a farmer in Alta Verapaz, Guatemala, dries parchment coffee in specially constructed flat-bed wooden cases. By harnessing the natural energy of the sun, small-scale coffee producers can significantly reduce emissions in the supply chain. This traditional practice is widely used across Latin America. As part of this project, the impact of solar drying will be quantified and presented in a verifiable way.
Promoting Diversity and Soil Health
Many small scale coffee farmers, like Ricardo Vasquez in northeastern Guatemala, produce âshade grownâ coffee and integrate their coffee bushes with bananas and other native fruits which they use for their own consumption.
Project Elements
1: Software Platform and ISO 14064 Implementation
Innovative software, The Cool Farm Tool, will be used to determine the carbon, water, and biodiversity performance of the farmers' land use.
ISO 14064, a standard for measuring carbon emissions, will be implemented to track emissions from cultivation, harvesting, and export of products.
2: Training in the Use of Cool Farm Tool and ISO 14064
Training workshops will be organized for the technical field teams of the three cooperatives.
A manual on the use and application of the Cool Farm Tool will be produced.
A manual on the use and application of ISO 14064 will be produced.
3: Integrating Results into the Cooperativesâ Business Operations
The final analysis of the data will enable cooperatives to reduce their carbon footprint.
Thank you đ«¶
Thank you for making a difference this Fairbruary, being a part of this yearâs project and helping to create positive change! â€ïž
