Posted in specialty coffee on Mar 3rd, 2010
Nikhil Arora and Alex Velez are no ordinary college graduates. Both Berkeley grads had recently deferred jobs in corporate finance to locally replicate a sustainable system of growing Shitake and Oyster mushrooms. Michael Montalban with BBN3 follows Nikhil and Alex from their Emeryville warehouse to their first harvest sold to Whole Foods in Berkeley.
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Posted in specialty coffee on Jan 22nd, 2010
Meet Geoffrey, of Kyagalanyi Coffee Co. (Crop to Cup’s specialty coffee export partner in Uganda). Geoffrey explains how farmers are organized in Eastern Uganda’s Bugisu region in order to improve on coffee quality and help build sustainable communities. Near the end of the video you can also meet Peter and Milton – two of [...]
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Posted in specialty coffee on Nov 21st, 2009
Join our team as we visit Tim Schilling and the SPREAD organization in Butare, Rwanda and find out how to transform the Rwandan coffee industry in less than 10 years into a world contender.
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