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In honor of Women’s History Month, we’re featuring a special blend from two of our favorite Vega farmers: Alexa Marin and Rosario Rodriguez. Alexa and Rosario exemplify sisterhood and the power it has to hold communities together. In the face of economic downturn, mass migration, and political uncertainty, they band together to protect their livelihoods.
For Alexa, coffee takes on an entirely different meaning when it’s produced by women: it’s layered with the years women farmers have spent fighting for their place in the industry. It symbolizes the wellbeing of entire families, as a woman producer invests nearly 90% of her income back into food security, healthcare, and education for their children. In Rosario’s words:
We have the utmost confidence in women. Not because we necessarily know more or have everything figured out. But because we have learned for our entire lives what it means to fight—and you can taste that determination in every cup of our coffee.
Name of the farms: Finca El Recuerdo, Finca San Antonio
Type of Varietal: Catimorra
Region: Dipilto, Nicaragua
Process: Washed
Tasting Notes: floral, sweet orange, vanilla
There's Magic in Connection.
Rob Terenzi met coffee farmers Marlon and Mayra fifteen years ago during his travels in Nicaragua. They invited him in for a cup of coffee. From the kitchen table, Rob watched as they roasted their own coffee on a big, open fire. Aromas of roasting coffee filled the house, and the fresh green coffee crackled into the finished, roasted beans.
They brewed the beans as soon as they were ready—and poured Rob his very first cup of farmer roasted coffee. That moment was magic: organic, handcrafted specialty coffee, from the farm directly into Rob’s cup.
Coffee is in crisis.
The coffee industry is broken. While demand for quality coffee is booming, coffee growers around the world are barely able to cover the cost of production. Farmers whose families have grown coffee for generations are forced to migrate, to leave behind their farms and find enough income elsewhere, so their families won’t go hungry.
With an estimated 20 million small family farmers living at or below the poverty line, it’s time to come together to forge a better future.
75%
woman
to close the gender gap in coffee
151%
higher wages than Fair Trade requirements
to stimulate economic growth
83%
certified organic coffee
to protect our fragile planet
381%
more value kept at origin compared to C price
to build a more equitable future