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.
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.
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
Fundación Familias Cafeteras, Famicafé (Coffee Families Foundation) is a registered Colombian non-profit, non-governmental organization dedicated to improving the lives of families in
Direct Fair Trade happens where the boot hits the dirt
In 2005, Level Ground Trading and Colombian agronomist Juan Velez had several objectives in mind when they began working closely with 25 small-scale coffee farming families who grow Café San
Fruandes Ltda. is a Colombian Fair Trade Organization started by Level Ground Trading in 2002. Seed capital, business expertise and training were supplied in order to establish a company that would provide a fair market for fruit grown by small-scale farmers and employment for disadvantaged women in Bogotá, Colombia.