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Become an Expert at Menu Planning

March 6, 2024

Green coffee purchasing and menu planning have always been challenging, but the last few years have been a whole different game: tumultuous and volatile, requiring an unprecedented balancing act of…

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A New Normal: Coffee Consumer Trends 2023

May 16, 2023

Against the backdrop of a more conservative economy, we talked to some of our roaster partners about the coffee consumer trends they’re seeing in their cafes, wholesale programs, e-commerce, and…

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Climate Resilience & Solar Dryers in Kenya

March 14, 2023

On a lengthy buying visit to Kenya by Red Fox Kenya sales lead Drew Fitchette and co-founder Aleco Chigounis, they noticed something new: the appearance of solar dryers, versatile greenhouse-like…

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Carina & Fabian of Red Fox Sourcing Talk History & the Future in Peru, Colombia, & Mexico

August 4, 2021

As we continue working to spotlight voices from producing countries, we were excited to interview Red Fox’s own Carina Barreda and Fabian Viveros Léon in the Foxhole. Fabian and Carina…

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Casimiro García López of Pluma on Community Origins & Modern Challenges

June 23, 2021

We were excited to be able to interview Casimiro García López of Pluma de Oaxaca, as well as his son Omar, face-to-face in Oaxaca. A second generation coffee farmer, Casimiro…

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Prudencio of Valle Inca, Peru on Building Trust & Community

May 26, 2021

Prudencio (Jose Prudencio Saenz Vargas) is the widely respected leader of Valle Inca in Cusco, Peru, one of our largest and most important relationships in the world. A Calca native,…

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Ernesto Perez of Coatepec on Veracruz History & Mexico’s New Generation

April 26, 2021

We were lucky to get a chance to talk with Coatepec Veracruz-based producer, wet mill manager and community leader Ernesto Perez. A younger farmer who took over the family farm…

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Ethiopia Supply Chain Partner Eden Kassahun On Managing Logistics Through Covid 19

April 12, 2021

Eden Kassahun is one of Red Fox’s most integral supply chain partners and has been since we opened in the business in 2014. Eden and Red Fox co-founder Aleco Chigounis’s…

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Esperanza Dionisio of Pangoa on Cooperativism, Women Leadership, & Covid-19

March 12, 2021

Photo courtesy of Mark Corpus of Reanimator. Esperanza Dionisio has a reputation that precedes her. Leader of the Pangoa cooperative in Peru’s Selva Central and the first ever woman cooperative…

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