Photo Galleries
Cupping Coffee in Haiti
Guest post by Molly Nicaise, co-founder and CEO of Singing Rooster – a nonprofit that has worked alongside Haitian coffee farmers since 2009. Singing Rooster and CRS beneficiary coffee is available through CRS’ fair trade partner SERRV.
Java Trekking in Peru: A Fair Trade Ambassador Photo Journal
CRS Fair Trade Ambassador Janet Berna had the chance to visit the Oro Verde Cooperative in Peru with CRS partner Dean’s Beans. Take the journey with her through this photo journal!
Adel Fair Trade
Adel Fair Trade is a Palestinian NGO that CRS helped launch in 2011 with a total of $100,000 in funding from the CRS Fair Trade Fund. The goal of the organization is to help small producers increase their standard of living. They receive training and support in their efforts to provide customers in the West Bank healthy and high-quality products. The products include cheese, embroidery, jams, olive oil, and lemonade. As of May 2013, Adel has reached many benchmarks in its organizational development: a market research study was conducted, a strategic plan for the organization was created, and 110 producers—including vulnerable women in the West Bank—were trained in the principles of fair trade as well as techniques for creating healthy
Burkina Faso Center for Girls Fleeing Forced Marriage
CRS Fair Trade and CRS Global Fellows visited a center for girls fleeing forced marriages in Burkina Faso. The girls there learn basic sewing and weaving as a form of therapy, where the skills they learn help them integrate into their new community and earn a living after they leave the center.
With coffee, we all win.
How does coffee affect biodiversity and climate change? Find out in this slideshow, courtesy of Michael Sheridan and the CRS Coffeelands Blog.
Nariño
Snapshots from our Borderlands Coffee Project in Nariño, Colombia. Courtesy of Michael Sheridan and the CRS Coffeelands Blog
ASOCAMPO
A profile of the smallholder farmers of the La Florida farm in San Miguel Pochuta, Chimaltenango, Guatemala. Courtesy of Michael Sheridan and the CRS Coffeelands Blog.
A Day in the Life of a Coffee Cherry
Where DO coffee beans come from, anyway? Did you know they actually start out as cherries that grow on shrubs? Find out how they go from a bright red fruit to beans ready for roasting in this slideshow! Courtesy of Michael Sheridan and the CRS Coffeelands Blog