by Gabriela Tyggum | Sep 20, 2021 | Gender, Honduras, Trifinio Region
For María Esperanza López and the rest of her family, coffee has always been part of their history. “I remember my father looking over our coffee plantations and watching my mother craft brooms from remnant farm material to sell at the local market.” María is a 40... by Gabriela Tyggum | Mar 5, 2020 | Coffee, coffee&climate, Honduras, Latin America
Café con Historia recognizes the incredible work of coffee farming families taking part in our projects around the world! María López, from Corquín, Honduras shares her story behind the coffee produced for the 4th Edition of Café con Historia! This coffee promotes... by Jesko Johannsen | Nov 12, 2019 | Coffee, Coffee Kids, Colombia, Hands-on, Honduras, Latin America, Youth
The fog was heavy, and the clouds were thick as we wound our way up the dirt road in the early morning on the outskirts of the municipality of Dos Quebradas, Risaralda, Colombia. The ground was soaked from rain the night before, and even though our fingers were... by Gabriela Tyggum | Apr 24, 2019 | Coffee, Coffee agronomy trainings, Farmer Organization, Honduras
The Leveron family lives on a small coffee farm in Ocotepeque, Honduras, part of the Trifinio region in Central America, the tri-border area of Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador. In the Trifinio, the main agricultural activity is coffee farming. For Kevin, Olvin,... by Jesko Johannsen | Mar 11, 2018 | Honduras, Youth
“I always had the dream to immigrate to the US and become a doctor. My parents are coffee farmers in the Municipality of Fraternidad, Honduras; but I never truly envisioned myself as a farmer due to the challenges I saw my parents face to ensure there was food on the...
