Collaborations

Asheville’s Vortex Doughnuts Raises Money for Ethiopia School Project Through Chain Collaborative Effort

In a groundbreaking group effort between the Nicaragua-based nonprofit The Chain Collaborative, Asheville, N.C.’s Vortex Donuts, Amsterdam’s Trabocca, and the Ethiopian farm Suke Quto, money is being raised for a desperately needed school FROM STAFF […]

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Ethiopia in flux

Here’s an interesting five-minute video from World Focus, a public television news show, about the status of coffee growing in coffee’s birthplace Bonga, Ethiopia. As we’ve seen in coffee growing regions around the world, when […]

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What’s Up in Ethiopia?

Last August, the Ethiopian government mandated that all coffee must be traded through the Ethiopian Commodity Exchange (ECX), eliminating direct trade with specialty coffee producers. In a recent paper, a writer in the Ethiopian Review […]

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What's Up in Ethiopia?

Last August, the Ethiopian government mandated that all coffee must be traded through the Ethiopian Commodity Exchange (ECX), eliminating direct trade with specialty coffee producers. In a recent paper, a writer in the Ethiopian Review […]