giving back

Formed by the world-wide coffee industry in 2012, World Coffee Research (WCR) is a non-profit agricultural research organization who’s mission is to ‘Grow, protect, and enhance supplies of quality coffee while improving the livelihoods of the families who produce it.’

We are proud to say that we have now signed up to be part of WCR’s check off program. We donate with every kilo of coffee we buy through participating suppliers such as Falcon.

By buying coffee through us you have helped to create a toolbox of strategies to protect the coffee industry and enhance the livelihoods of the producers. Thank you!

OLD COFFEE TREES CAN BE REJUVENATED

Stumped trees deliver increased yields and better quality coffee, which can ultimately contribute to providing a living income for Ethiopian farmers

Currently, the largest impediment to increased coffee productivity in Ethiopia is the lack of tree rejuvenation, also known as “stumping.”

Stumping coffee trees is the most critical step to improve yields and quality and is a prerequisite to achieving the impact of additional good agricultural practices (GAPs).

However, even though stumping a 25-year-old tree can generate yields equal to, or better than those of young trees, Ethiopian smallholder coffee farmers are reluctant to stump primarily due to the immediate, acute, and short-term loss of income for 1.5 years while their trees stems regrow.

Coldblow Coffee will be sponsoring an Ethiopian coffee farmer to stump over 150 coffee trees in 2022. Our contribution will be used to provide an incentive in the form of farming implements (a wheelbarrow, pruning shears and saw) for our farmer-partner. We will be following the progress of the farmer over the year, monitoring the impact this project has.