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Fair Trade in Africa—where are things at?

Level Ground begins baseline assessments in Tanzania and Ethiopia

Hugo & Stacey hit the road to see how Fair prices are impacting farmers and learn what more can be done through our Direct Fair Trade partnership.

Direct Fair Trade Topics

Direct Fair Trade Information

Direct Fair Trade Information

Interested in Level Ground's Fair Trade practices? Check out this section for information on the International Fair Trade Association, accountability and our Direct Fair Trade initiatives.

Producer Partners

We work directly with small-scale coffee producers at each of our five coffee origins. Get to know these producers and how we do business with them.

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Jairo and Mom. Congratulations on your new job as an agronomist with the Colombian Coffee Federation

Famicafé Graduate hired as an Agronomist with the Colombia Coffee Federation

This story is an example of Direct Fair Trade at work.  

Barton and Trezia

A Visit with Barton & Trezia

Barton Mbwaga and his wife Trezia are a part of the community of HOPE Organic farmers who grow coffee which is purchased by Level Ground Trading and sold as Café Mbeya.

Tedesse

Touring Tadesse's Farms

Often when we asked farmers if we could see their farm they would hesitate. The reason for the hesitation was that many of them have a number of scattered, tiny plots (i.e.

Pedro

Actual Payment to Farmers

Over the last twelve years, Hugo Ciro (president of Level Ground Trading) has visited producer regions to meet with farmers, cooperatives, and exporters.

Jaime

Jaime Vargas' Biodigestor

In September of 2007, four Level Ground employees, agronomist Juan Valez, former Famicafe student Liliana Franco, Famicafe director Julian Toro, and coffee farmer Jaime Marin toured the Andes mount