Sustainable Harvest® Blog

Although the majority of East African coffee is produced by smallholder farms, in Malawi 95% of coffee is grown on large estates. So as the only...

For a region vulnerable to harsh weather fluctuations, cash crop productivity and food security are pressing issues. Northern Tanzania is a semi-arid...

In May, Boss and Thangale, agronomists based out of our Tanzania offices, ventured to three East African countries – Malawi, Rwanda, and Burundi – in...

Last week, Portland, Oregon became the center of the specialty coffee world when the Specialty Coffee Association of America (SCAA) brought its...

The coffee industry is rife with commentary on raising coffee up to the level of wine, where the final product sells for hundreds of dollars and tiny...

Ethiopia: The Legendary Land of Coffee. Where it all began.

When I first heard the name “Parana’s Pioneer North” (Norte Pioneiro do Paraná), I thought, why exactly can a state call it self a pioneer,...

This year, as part of a grant from the Lemelson Foundation, Sustainable Harvest^® brought solar panels to five washing stations belonging to the...

This year’s Let’s Talk Coffee^® was everything we hoped – a great mix of familiar and new faces and discussions about the most innovative ideas in...

The second annual Let’s Talk Coffee^® Africa was held in Moshi, Tanzania on September 5 and 6, 2011. The conference brought together actors in the...