Keahilele Mattson is seen as a young girl at her grandparentsʻ coffee stall with sister Keiane in the background. (Courtesy Keahilele Mattson) Keahilele Mattson grew up on her familyʻs farm which ...
When my co-founders and I began Vega Coffee in 2014, we faced a dilemma: how could we help coffee farming communities earn more while also delivering the best roasts to coffee lovers? For decades, ...
A quarter of a century ago, Peace Coffee was ahead of its time. The Minneapolis-based coffee company has prioritized fair pay for coffee farmers since its founding in 1996, when few national coffee ...
How many coffee shops in the United States grow their own beans? The list appears to be incredibly short, with less than a handful of spots around the country. There's Talisman Coffee in Austin, Texas ...
More than three years ago, Bram de Hoog was working as a coffee buyer for an importer in Hanover, Germany. Through his interactions with producers and roasters, he noticed something unsettling. The ...
Near the Massachusetts Avenue Station on the Orange Line is Farmer’s Horse Coffee — a quaint cafe with a warm ambiance and a unique, colorful design. The restaurant’s eclectic decor makes customers ...
Nearly a decade ago, Maria Palacio left the lush green fields of her family’s coffee farm in Colombia in search of new opportunities in New York City. She hoped to pursue the fashion career of her ...
Maui coffee farmers are “cautiously optimistic” about the proposed use of a parasitoid wasp in Hawaii to help control the invasive coffee berry borer, a bug that has caused catastrophic impacts to ...
In the latest settlement struck in a legal action that saw coffee growers on Hawaii accuse major retailers of selling counterfeit Kona coffee, Safeway, Albertsons and the owner of two other large ...
HONOLULU (KHON2) — From invasive insects to agricultural theft, counterfeit products and beyond, Hawaii farmers face diversity in many forms. That has led a fourth-generation coffee farmer to pursue a ...