Our Farm Friendly coffee, a 2007 Cup of Excellence® winner, hails from Nombre de Dios, a fourth generation farm run by Maria Elena Calderon, her two sisters and a whole slew of family members.    

Our Farm Friendly project takes us further afield in El Salvador. We have teamed up with Trees for the Future, www.treesftf.org, a non-profit organization that plants trees in an effort to offset carbon output. Working with the growers represented by the Ucraprobex Cooperative, they will plant 15,000 trees in the region. These shade trees preserve the cycle of sustainable farming by providing a canopied habitat for birds that would otherwise be displaced by low-growing coffee shrubs. Shade trees also protect plants from rain and sun and help maintain soil quality. The shade tree’s deeper root systems prevent topsoil erosion, and the fruit (mangoes and papaya) supply the farmers with a secondary source of income.

  Fruit-bearing shade trees provide a habitat for birds that would otherwise be displaced by the low-growing coffee shrubs. Their deeper root systems prevent topsoil erosion, and their fruit-such as mangoes and papayas-supply farmers with a secondary income.  

Coffee beans are sorted by hand to separate out inferior beans and send us the best!