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May 12, 2022

Meet Our Stellar Partner #3: De Mello Coffee

In 2013, De Mello Palheta opened their first café, which was also a micro-roastery, in Toronto. Besides moving their roastery out of their café in 2015, De Mello has also expanded its presence in eastern Canada by opening up a lab in Montreal. Felix Cha, a co-founder of De Mello…

Gender Equality

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Meet Our Stellar Partner #3: De Mello Coffee
Meet Our Stellar Partner #3: De Mello Coffee
Gender Equality

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Mar 15, 2022

Meet Our Stellar Partner #2: James Coffee Co.

In the early 2010s, two brothers, David and Jacob Kennedy, began roasting coffee and expanded their love for coffee into what is now known as James Coffee Co. in San Diego, California. Although started by two brothers, Sarah Girdzius, who leads the wholesale and coffee sourcing front, describes James Coffee…

Gender Equality

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Meet Our Stellar Partner #2: James Coffee Co.
Meet Our Stellar Partner #2: James Coffee Co.
Gender Equality

12 min read


Feb 8, 2022

BV’s Food Security Initiative 2021-22 — what did we learn so far?

Bean Voyage has launched a Food Security Initiative in August 2021. Here’s a summary of our Mid-term report published in November 2021. — Bean Voyage, in partnership with The Starbucks Foundation and The Coffee Institute of Costa Rica (ICAFE), is leading the Food Security Initiative for 100 Smallholder Coffee Farmers in Costa Rica. This initiative aims to work alongside smallholder women coffee farmers in Costa Rica to mitigate issues caused by food insecurity.

Cartrade

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BV’s Food Security Initiative 2021-22 — what did we learn so far?
BV’s Food Security Initiative 2021-22 — what did we learn so far?
Cartrade

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Oct 7, 2021

BV-Camp 2021: What We Learned From It?

During the early days of my activism, I attended a BarCamp in Kathmandu, Nepal. Surprised at the fact that an event with a “Bar” in it was happening during the day, I was lured into the event due to the variety of topics that were being discussed — basically, an…

Team

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BV-Camp 2021: What We Learned From It?
BV-Camp 2021: What We Learned From It?
Team

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Sep 24, 2021

Colonialism and Coffee

As we celebrate the 200th year of independence from Spain in Costa Rica, we are reflecting on the history and the holdover of colonialism in the country. …

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Colonialism and Coffee
Colonialism and Coffee

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Sep 7, 2021

Reflection from Bean Voyage’s Expansion Trips to Guatemala and Mexico, July — August 2021

Waking up to the unmistakable outline of the Fuego Volcano, we could only be in one place: Antigua, Guatemala. Abhi, Sunghee, and I (Alice) were on a two-week Guatemala and Mexico sprint to research possible options for Bean Voyage’s expansion. …

Gender Equity

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Reflection from Bean Voyage’s Expansion Trips to Guatemala and Mexico, July — August 2021
Reflection from Bean Voyage’s Expansion Trips to Guatemala and Mexico, July — August 2021
Gender Equity

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Aug 20, 2021

Meet Our Stellar Partners #1: Girls Who Grind Coffee

A few years ago, Casey Lalonde and Fi O’Brien decided to join forces and set up an all-female specialty coffee roaster, based in the UK. …

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Meet Our Stellar Partners #1: Girls Who Grind Coffee
Meet Our Stellar Partners #1: Girls Who Grind Coffee

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Jul 21, 2021

Moliendo Fino: The Countdown to Care Training 2021 is on!

Last week, for the first time, we hosted a two-part virtual forum, Moliendo Fino. The two sessions were open to all and addressed topics that will be the focus of our Care Training 2021 programme: ‘Women in the Community’, and ‘Adaptation to Climate Change’. …

Women

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Moliendo Fino: The Countdown to Care Training 2021 is on!
Moliendo Fino: The Countdown to Care Training 2021 is on!
Women

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Jul 13, 2021

Creating Costa Rica’s First Gender Policy

For this blog, we spoke to Adriana Vásquez, who is leading Bean Voyage’s collaborative efforts with ICAFE to establish Costa Rica’s first gender policy for the coffee sector. How did this project come about? “The idea for a gender policy for Costa Rica’s coffee sector came about thanks to ICAFE (el Instituto del Café de Costa…

Gender Equality

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Creating Costa Rica’s First Gender Policy
Creating Costa Rica’s First Gender Policy
Gender Equality

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Jul 6, 2021

Care Packages 2.0: Addressing Food Insecurity in Coffee-Producing Communities

When the COVID-19 pandemic entered our lives at the beginning of 2020, almost everyone saw their work affected in some way. But for smallholder women coffee producers, who can struggle to make ends meet even in ‘good’ years, the disruption stemming from the pandemic posed a real threat to their…

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Care Packages 2.0: Addressing Food Insecurity in Coffee-Producing Communities
Care Packages 2.0: Addressing Food Insecurity in Coffee-Producing Communities

4 min read

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