This Georgia Coffee Cooperative Started With A Volunteer Trip
Monday, April 3rd, 2023
When browsing your local grocery store, you might see a dozen labels with the names “organic” and “fair trade.” But two decades ago, it was just regular or decaf. Long before the shift to consumers caring about where their coffee came from, Americus, Georgia’s Cafe Campesino was working with collectives of farmers. And it all started with a 1997 Habitat for Humanity volunteer trip to Guatemala and a group from the small Southern town. See more.
