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Higher Base Rates, Flatter Pay Structures: How Pangoa & Ocumal Are Doing Things Different

  Published 09/14/2021 Tailoring Payment Structures to the Needs of a Group As we’ve discussed in pretty much every one of our previous pieces about paying for coffee, different groups…

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

  Published 08/04/2021 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….

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Red Fox Coffee Merchants Origin & Shipment Update: Q3 2021

  Published 07/06/2021 Hello friends, coming to you as we enter the third quarter of 2021. We’ve put together a report on the current state of coffee affairs in the…

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Casimiro García López of Pluma on Community Origins & Modern Challenges

  Published 06/23/2021 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…

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Decentralization & Community in Oaxaca Coffee Sourcing

  Published 06/10/2021 What makes Oaxaca unique?  The Oaxaca sourcing landscape is uniquely decentralized, presenting both challenges and opportunities for us as a sourcing company and for the communities and…

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Prudencio of Valle Inca, Peru on Building Trust & Community

  Published 05/26/2021 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….

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Global Shipping Challenges & Planning Ahead for the Balance of 2021

  Published 05/19/2021 Greetings from the cockpit in Oaxaca. As I’m sure many of you are now aware, the world is in the throes of a global shipping quandary. The…

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

  Published 04/26/2021 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…

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

  Published 04/12/2021 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…

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