Description
GROWER:Cooperativa dos Agricultores Familiares de Poço Fundo e Região (COOPFAM)
VARIETY: Mundo Novo, Catuai
REGION: Poço Fundo, Minas Gerais, Brazil
ALTITUDE: 800 – 1300 masl
PROCESS: Full Natural and dried in the sun
CERTIFICATION: Fair Trade (FT FLO/USA) | Organic
CUP NOTES: Hazelnut, Dark Chocolate, Orange Peel
Cooperativa dos Agricultores Familiares de Poço Fundo e Região (COOPFAM) is an association of small-scale farmers located in the state of Minas Gerais in southeastern Brazil. The group was formed from a collective desire to improve the living standard of farmers, and to reduce poverty and emigration. In 1991, seventy-six families united to form the cooperative, determined to increase the productivity of their small plots and sustain the quality of family-oriented agriculture in the region. COOPFAM has been Fair Trade certified by Fair-trade Labeling Organizations International (FLO) since 1998 and began exporting to the United States in 2003.
