Roasting Coffee
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...
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Oct 29, 20153 min read
Social enterprise advocates push for PRESENT bill passage
'Social enterprises can be instrumental in transforming communities out from poverty through the provision of goods, services, and...
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Jul 28, 20151 min read
Kape Maria: Helping Filipino coffee growers with every cup
More than 200 years ago, the production and export of coffee was once a major industry in the Philippines. Back then, the country was the...
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Nov 24, 20142 min read
Social enterprises: Vehicles for poverty reduction and inclusive growth
Social enterprises with the poor as primary stakeholders have emerged as innovative responses to social problems One out of four...
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Sep 15, 20146 min read
A coffee that yields hope to Typhoon Yolanda survivors
If coffee gives you a certain feeling of easiness or restlessness, for typhoon Yolanda (international name: Haiyan) survivors in some...
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May 11, 20145 min read
World Fair Trade Day 2014 – May 10
Fair Trade People, 2014 World Fair Trade Day’s theme shines the spotlight on Fair Trade producers, people buying their products and other...
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May 10, 20144 min read
Fair Trade must offer hope, transform coffee industry - producer
Eager farmers belonging to a cooperative here milled around their open air coffee shop on a hill outside of Manila waiting to show...
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Oct 20, 20132 min read
Coffee farmers urged to cultivate more areas, add value to beans
MANILA, Philippines - Players in the coffee and cacao industries are urging farmers to take advantage of the robust demand for these...
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Aug 10, 20133 min read
Philippine Coffee Alliance Unifies Farmer Groups
“Kape! Kape! Kape! Yayaman ang bansa sa kape! (Coffee! Coffee! Coffee! The country will be rich with coffee!),” chanted the 56...
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Jul 17, 20122 min read
Program teaches communities the brew for success
The Pinagdanlayan Farmers Association Inc. (PFAI) in Dolores, Quezon uses almost half a hectare of land to grow vegetables and crops...
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Nov 30, 20112 min read
Ifugao Coffee - "Tanging Yaman," Indeed
Who does not know “Tanging Yaman,” “Hindi Kita Malilimutan” and many other church hymns penned by Fr. Manoling V. Francisco, SJ? What...
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Apr 7, 20112 min read
Moro group embarks on coffee venture, eyes 3,000 hectares of Arabica farms
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...
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Jan 30, 20115 min read
Introducing Fair Trade High Above the Clouds
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...
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Jan 22, 20118 min read
To Make Coffee Sustainable
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...
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Apr 17, 20106 min read
From Dung to Coffee Brew With No Aftertaste
SAGADA, the Philippines — Goad Sibayan went prospecting recently in the remote Philippine highlands here known as the Cordillera. He...
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Feb 10, 20085 min read
A brewing revolution
When you order your favorite cup of coffee or pour yourself a mug of your morning brew, do you know where the coffee beans were roasted?...
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