Development and Best Practices

Our goal is to facilitate stronger, sustainable relationships with our Producer Partners. Apart from general communications and travel, our roasters have done so by generating several projects in multiple formats and contexts. Here's some specific areas in which we're getting involved both locally and abroad.

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Projects with Producers
Sustainability Projects

Projects with Producers

Cooperative Coffee's roaster-members are tackling a gamut of issues. Follow one of the links below to learn about what projects are under in each sector (though undoubtedly, there are always cross-overs as improving one aspect of life has a ripple effect)

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Culture

Health and Environmental

Education and youth

Gender and Development

Economic

Have your own project that you would like other members of Cooperative Coffees to learn about? Fill out our questionnaire and send it to us. We will post the information on this site to spread the word. The more people hear about the great stuff that you are up to, the more they will want to get involved! The more people on board, the more you can accomplish.

Other Roaster Projects

Peace Coffee Donates Prize Miniroaster

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After participating in the annual Roaster's Guild Retreat and winning first place in the roasting competition, Peace Coffee's team "Los Guapos" received the snazzy miniroaster, Probatino by Probat Burns. They decided to donate it to CoopCoffee's long-time producer-partner Maya Vinic in Mexico and we can happily announce it's safe arrival!

Alternative Grounds Celebrates 13th Anniversary!

alternativegrounds13 In July, Alternative Grounds celebrated their 13th anniversary and we thought this would be a great opportunity to let you know a little bit about their impressive list of ongoing projects. From Amnesty International to an original postcard project, read all about the great new projects that the good folks at Alternative Grounds have been up to lately. Read more...

Staying Green with CC members

larrys bus Our members are not only dedicated to bringing you a delicious cup of fairly traded coffee, but to ensuring that their impact on the natural world in the course of doing so is as little of possible. Find out some of the methods and resources that our members use to achieve sustainable business practices. You might get inspired to do the same...