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From Coffee Farmers to College Grads: Five Young Scholars to Emerge from the Indigenous Communities of Rural Guatemala
Spokane , WA , March 23, 2010 – Could a child born in a family of coffee farmers earning as little as $2 a day become a doctor, a scientist or maybe a CEO? The poverty in Guatemala is one of the highest in Latin America , but Roots & Wings International (RWI) (http://www.rootsandwingsintl.org) is on a mission to provide educational opportunities to children in its …

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Sustainable Harvest’s agronomists work with coffee farmers from the Kanyovu cooperative in Tanzania to improve the quality of their coffee. As the harvest season wraps up this year, the farmers tasted the fruits of their labor — an excellent cup of specialty-grade roasted coffee. Tasting their own coffee and connecting its quality to the measures the farmer have taken to improve the production and processing of their beans is the first time farmers have learned the concrete connection between how they handle their coffee and what it tastes like once roasted and brewed.

First training center for Vietnamese coffee farmers to be launched
VietNamNet Bridge – The International Finance Corporation (IFC), a World Bank Group member, announced on Monday that it would establish the country’s first training center for Vietnamese coffee farmers.

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This video was produced by the Green Mountain Coffee Roasters Foundation for educational purposes. In this video: Nell Newman of Newman’s Own Organics travels to coffee growing regions with Green Mountain Coffee Roasters to see how the coffee is grown and harvested, as well as how the Fair Trade and Organic certifications provide a fair price allowing growers to reinvest in their farm and their community.

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