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…
Read MoreColombia & Peru Update, August 2021
As promised, we’re coming to you today with another origin and shipment update with specific focus on the current and anticipated situation in Colombia and Peru, typically our two largest…
Read MoreCarina & Fabian of Red Fox Sourcing Talk History & the Future in Peru, Colombia, & Mexico
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…
Read MorePrudencio of Valle Inca, Peru on Building Trust & Community
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,…
Read MoreEsperanza Dionisio of Pangoa on Cooperativism, Women Leadership, & Covid-19
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…
Read MoreTibed Yujra of Puno, Peru on Puno History & Launching An Association During Covid
We were lucky to get a chance to sit down with Tibed Yujra, a long-time partner in Puno, Peru, in the Foxhole for a conversation about his work in organizing…
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