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About the Importance of Commitment in 2020

About the Importance of Commitment in 2020

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...
United by Change: How to address COVID-19 in smallholder communities

United by Change: How to address COVID-19 in smallholder communities

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...
Adaptation, Resilience, and Sustainability: The Next Chapter in Coffee Production

Adaptation, Resilience, and Sustainability: The Next Chapter in Coffee Production

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...
Resolutions for Myself, and for the Coffee Sustainability Sector

Resolutions for Myself, and for the Coffee Sustainability Sector

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...
Conference: The Future of Coffee Cultivation

Conference: The Future of Coffee Cultivation

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...
Can smallholder coffee farming be sustainable? German vineyards might give some answers…

Can smallholder coffee farming be sustainable? German vineyards might give some answers…

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”...
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