Benjamin Paz talks to Ben and Abby about what producing coffee during a global pandemic looks like, the challenges facing Honduran coffee farmers and answers the question: is producing commercial coffee more sustainable than specialty coffee?
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Introducing: The Long Miles Coffee Podcast
In this inaugural four-part series, Ben Carlson (co-founder of Long Miles Coffee) and Abby Fabre (manager of 7 Corners Coffee) talk to coffee producers from Central and South America. We hear from them how the global pandemic is affecting coffee production, the complexities of shifting to organic farming practices and what the specialty coffee industry should be doing to be more sustainable.
The Long Miles Coffee Scouts: community changers and coffee innovators
The Long Miles coffee scouts are an integral part of who we are and how we produce coffee. But what do they do, and why are they important stakeholders in Burundi coffee?
HARVEST UPDATE
FROM THE FARM, FIELD AND LAB From the Farm collected and translated by Joy Mavugo in conjunction with Robyn-Leigh van Laren from the Long Miles Story team. On Thursday, 18 June 2020 the newly elected president Evariste NDAYISHIMIYE was sworn into office, two months before the official inauguration ceremony was planned and a week before …
PERCEPTIONS OF BURUNDI’S ELECTIONS
On 20 May 2020, more than five million Burundians lined up to cast their vote in the country’s presidential elections. This was the first set of democratic elections to take place in almost 15 years. We asked some coffee farmers what their thoughts were on this: “I heard people saying that there is a new …
HARVEST UPDATE
From the Farm, Field and Lab From the Farm collected and translated by Joy Mavugo in conjunction with Robyn-Leigh van Laren from the Story Team. It’s been a hard week for Burundi. On Monday 8 June 2020, we heard the news that Burundi’s late president H.E Pierre NKURUNZIZA had very suddenly and unexpectedly passed away. …