Coffee

By applying Blue Harvest practices, coffee farmers increase their yield, quality, and income.  

Coffee is a driver of rural economies in coffee producing countries around the world. Coffee production and processing directly impacts on water resources, including the drinking water sources for millions of people. When coffee is grown and processed unsustainably, it can be a major cause of water pollution and watershed degradation. But when coffee is produced and processed well - through Blue Harvest practices - it can contribute to protecting and improving water resources.

Blue Harvest now works with dozens of coffee roasters and importers in the USA, UK, and Europe, who pay price premiums for Blue Harvest coffee to help farmers produce and process their coffee sustainably and profitably.

We have worked with farmers, millers, importers, and roasters to structure transparent and fair transactions that ensure shared value across the value chain, from consumers to farmers and everyone in between. We enable roasters and importers to buy directly from millers and farmers, helping to ensure that coffee is produced and processed with regenerative practices and that transactions are fair and transparent.

Blue Harvest partners (CRS and others) are contributors and supporters of the Specialty Coffee Price Transaction Guide, an initiative to establish price benchmarks for coffee, based on coffee quality and origin. The Guide serves producers and buyers by offering real and market-based prices as a starting point for contract negotiations.