by Michael Opitz | Dec 15, 2020 | COVID-19, Sustainability
Dear all! Commitment. At Hanns R. Neumann Stiftung, almost everything builds upon commitment. The work done by HRNS in 15 years has been marked by values such as reliability, working side-by-side with farming families and being an ally rather than an implementer. Our... by Michael Opitz | Sep 4, 2020 | COVID-19, Sustainability
For smallholder coffee farmer families, poverty and financial hardship were on the rise even before the pandemic started. And the situation now got worse in many places with COVID-19. Coffee prices are low, food is more expensive, income is affected, farm management... by Gabriela Tyggum | Jun 24, 2019 | Alliance for Resilient Coffee, Climate, Coffee, Sustainability, Trifinio Region
Aida Escolán, originally from the capital city of Tegucigalpa, moved to rural Ocotepeque eight years ago to take over her grandfather’s coffee farm. The petite woman jumping down from the driver’s seat of her dusty off-road pickup is an ironic scene, but Aida’s... by Jan von Enden | Dec 14, 2018 | Sustainability
I’ve always been a fan of New Year’s resolutions. They’re a great way to reflect, learn, and get a little bit closer to the person I want to be.This year, I’m thinking even more about my resolutions because it’s not just the calendar that’s changing, it’s my time zone... by Jesko Johannsen | Sep 10, 2018 | Coffee, Conference, Sustainability, Youth
Shaping the future of coffee cultivation is not only a question of marketing for the coffee value chain. A whole generation of rural youth in coffee producing regions is depending on that. That’s why we are happy that our Managing Director Michael Opitz is... by Jan von Enden | Jun 5, 2018 | Coffee, Sustainability
People working in the coffee sector have a funny habit. We talk and think about coffee farmers as a monolithic group: how do changing prices affect “farmers”? Will “farmers” be able to change growing practices in response to climate change? Which beans are “farmers”...
