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In Mexico, coffee is a family affair

17 May 2023

Mexico is one of the world’s leading coffee exporters with most production concentrated in the South-Central regions of the country. Coffee is largely made up of the Arabica variety which grows particularly well in 15 states, particularly Chiapas, Veracruz, Puebla and Oaxaca. As in many other coffee belt countries, the means of production bears a …

The guardians of the Blue Mountains coffee

13 April 2023

“Nilgiri” is the union of the words “blue” and “mountains,” and the name of the “Blue Mountains” in southwestern India, among which numerous peaks above 2,000 meters stand out. In these mountains, the “Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve,” the largest protected forest area in India, was established in 1986, and in addition to being a biodiversity hotspot …

Coffee Coalition in Peru: a short supply chain and alliances among its actors can foster virtuous producers and roasters

13 March 2023

Cesar Marin, 36, is one of Dagoberto Marin’s three sons. Their farm, La Chacra D’dago in Palomar, literally “Dago’s farm,” was the first farm in Peru to be certified as biodynamic (in 2011, with Demeter certification) and today is still the only independent farm to be so in the country. Underlying biodynamics is the idea …

Trip to Honduras along the coffee supply chain

13 February 2023

Las Capucas Sustainable Coffee Village Community In Las Capucas, a small rural community in the mountains of the municipality of San Pedro de Copán, most families are somehow linked to coffee production. Francisco Villeda, known as Pancho, is among the member producers of the Cooperativa cafetalera Las Capucas and part of the Slow Food Las Capucas Sustainable Coffee …

More Highlights for Youth and Activists at Terra Madre

7 September 2022

Terra Madre Salone del Gusto 2022 hosts a wide range of events for our guests that cover topics from specific parts of the world and at the same time, focus on global issues. Our focus today: events for youth and activists. There’s a lot to absorb, and the variety of activities you can take part …

Leaving to Never return: the story of Ciccio

5 April 2022

Francesco Anastasi, called by his friends ‘Ciccio’, was born in Messina and graduated, in 2014, at UNISG with a thesis on: “Swordfish fishing in the Strait of Messina: myth, sustainability, and future”. Ciccio was born in Italy and grew up to be passionate about the sea, yet one day he left for Colombia, driven by …

How many times do you have to fall before becoming a World Barista Champion?

5 April 2022

Diego Campos became the first World Barista Champion from Colombia in Milan, Italy in 2021. But let’s go back to the beginning of his story: when he was 18 years old, Diego moved from the small town El Espinal to Bogotà, where one of his oldest sisters was working for Amor Perfecto. Diego had no …

YANAYAKU: THE ROOTS OF COFFEE

5 April 2022

A six-foot tree full of red cherries, shimmering green leaves, and the earthy smell of wet soil. It is an incredible feeling to stand in front of a coffee plant for the first time. Pulling out a cherry, extracting the two beans covered in mucilage, realizing the slow process that will bring those seeds to …

First coffee tasting in Fiesole for the Board of Experts

8 March 2022

The Board of Experts of the Slow Food Coffee Coalition is a group made up of some of the top Italian and international Coffee Experts! This group of coffee connoisseurs met at La Marzocco Espresso Coffee Academy in Fiesole (Florence) to taste and evaluate varieties selected by Slow Food and grown by communities from Cuba, …

Discovering the Black Baza Coffee

8 March 2022 Arshiya Urveeja Bose

Black Baza Coffee was created with the purpose of empowering smallholder producers to grow coffee through biodiversity-friendly practices. The idea emerged as an outcome of Founder, Arshiya Bose’s doctoral research project. A human geographer, Arshiya completed her Ph.D. from the University of Cambridge, in the UK, on market incentives for conserving biodiversity – she used …

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