Benefits of Sustainable Coffee Farming

Protection of the environment and social welfare is an essential part of the present and future of any business, especially those in agriculture, and in our case in coffee farms.

Why

Most of the farms are in developing countries, if we don't take care of nature we will be depleting our habitat as well as other people's habitat. If we don't care about our workers, they won't care about the farm and our produce will lose quality and also lose price.

What is an Environmental and Socially Sound Coffee Farm ?

It is that farm in which the growing and processing is done in conditions in which it does not damage nature and its workers have good living conditions.

Certified or not?

We should promote sustainable processes even without certification, because it is fair to the workers, to nature and to everybody. Sustainability means that the farm will be better every time and will be there 100 and more years from now.

What makes a farm sustainable?.

Each of the following items add to sustainability, some growers implement ones some growers others:

Environmental Issues

• Shaded coffee
• Less use of artificial fertilizers
• Use of mechanical, not chemical deweeders
• Ecological processing means using less water and no contaminating rivers
• Make compost from the pulp
• Use of the mucilage to produce methane gas
• Limited use of wood for cooking
• sun drying preferably to kiln drying

Social Issues

• better conditions for the workers as good housing and sanitary conditions
• good food
• school for their children
• medical clinic
• fair salary

How buyer countries like USA, Japan, Europe, benefit from a Sustainable Farm ?