Hobbling in a race for recognition, the Philippines still has a long way to go in putting ourselves on the map of coffee production....

Sinirangan Coffee Shop is not your ordinary coffee shop. Certainly, it serves wonderful coffee like the ordinary commercial coffee shop...

Inspired by the historical account of Dr. Jose P. Rizal’s favorite Robusta coffee some 130 years ago, the city government, in...

BUKIDNON, Philippines – At the sight of the bountiful green coffee berries, the visitors from the north who were mostly coffee growers...

Maramag, Bukidnon -- A petite woman with nimble feet, that’s how some people see Lilibeth Puerto Galendez, 49, this empowered woman of...

"I live with the man who once said to me, 'I hope you wouldn't mind if I hold hands with a multitude of people.'  I confess it's not...

The agriculture sector relies on women in many different ways. Despite their contributions in the agricultural workforce, however, women...

Poverty, while real and serious, is the standard excuse for insurgency and violence. Nowadays, the forces are much darker, the victims,...

MANILA -- For many, business means making profits, and expansion, a means to earn more. But Sinirangan Coffee, located near the base of...

Coffee farmers in various communities across the country get the most out of their labor with the knowledge empowering them to process...

A worker at the Kera coffee shop in Kidapawan City roasts coffee beans from the farmers of the Mt. Apo highlands, from whom they source...

If coffee gives you a certain feeling of easiness or restlessness, for typhoon Yolanda (international name: Haiyan) survivors in some...

Fair Trade People, 2014 World Fair Trade Day’s theme shines the spotlight on Fair Trade producers, people buying their products and other...

Eager farmers belonging to a cooperative here milled around their open air coffee shop on a hill outside of Manila waiting to show...

The Pinagdanlayan Farmers Association Inc. (PFAI) in Dolores, Quezon uses almost half a hectare of land to grow vegetables and crops...

Who does not know “Tanging Yaman,” “Hindi Kita Malilimutan” and many other church hymns penned by Fr. Manoling V. Francisco, SJ? What...

TACURONG CITY (MindaNews/6 Apr) – A private Moro group is eyeing to plant Arabica variety coffee in at least 3,000 hectares in the next...

In the last posting, I wrote about Vie and Basil Reyes’ approach to localizing Fair Trade as a step-by-step process. I was interested to...

In late 2006, I met a “Development Specialist” from Japan. He was working with a minority group in the highlands in Vietnam and that they...