Gijs WASTE OR REVENUE WASTE OR REVENUE Coffee is made from a bean. Most people know this little fact, but coffee starts as a berry on a tree. Commonly referred to as a Coffee Cherry. An immense industry has grown into maki... Dec 2, 2020 FARMERS
Gijs ROADMAP TO A LIVING INCOME Roadmap to a Living Income Land Scarcity and Population Growth Threaten Ethiopia’s (Coffee) Future By David Faergeman, Msc. Agricultural Development, University of Copenhagen In early 2020 I had the p... Aug 17, 2020 FARMERS
Lauren DIGITIZATION: EMPOWERING FARMERS THROUGH THE USE OF TECHNOLOGY Four brave women spent many weeks amongst our farmers to do research on how our technology could empower farmers. Read all about it in the whitepaper linked below. A massive thank you to Satih den Dek... Jan 15, 2020 FARMERS
Gijs FAIRCHAIN FARMING – HARVEST 2020 FairChain Farming – Harvest 2020 Last month, we were in Limu to discuss the upcoming harvest with our farmers. The good news that we need twice as many beans came with tough conversations about the us... Oct 4, 2019 FARMERS
Gijs CROWDFUND UPDATE III Crowdfund Update III Phew, folks — what a tough period we've just been through. After a perfect start, we were hit by rare hailstorms right before harvest. During the first days of washing, we discove... Jun 16, 2019 FARMERS
Gijs WORLDBANK (BLOCKCHAIN) Blockchain Unstoppable Our efforts to apply blockchain to the coffee chain haven't gone unnoticed. Guido previously traveled to the World Bank in Washington with Minister Kaag, and at the end of Augus... May 16, 2018
Gijs MOYEE RANKED HIGHLY IN THE TRUSTED DUURZAME100 Moyee ranked highly in the trusted Duurzame 100 Of course, we are just a dwarf compared to the magnificent work of number 1, Louise Vet, but it is still an important recognition for the FairChain inno... Jan 9, 2018
Casper DATA-DRIVEN COFFEE When you think about data-driven innovation, coffee farms in East Africa might not be the first thing that comes to mind.. Well, think AGAIN! Since 2017, we have been gathering data to better understa... Apr 25, 2017
Gijs DISPATCH FROM ETHIOPIA: Q TO THE QUALITY It’s a hard knock life being a coffee geek. Little sleep and always on the verge of discovering THE best coffee blend. Our roasters palace is Moyee’s Coffee Lab in Addis Ababa. Stepping in you’ll feel... Feb 20, 2015
Gijs GOING BEYOND FAIR TRADE We don’t have anything against Fairtrade, we just think it’s time to do more. This article in UK quality newspaper The Guardian, written by Steven Macatonia, co-director of Union Hand-Roasted Coffee, ... May 29, 2014
