Coffee Background | 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 beenFair Trade certified by Fair-trade Labeling Organizations International (FLO) since 1998 and began exporting to the United States in 2003.
Region: Poço Fundo, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Altitude: 800 - 1300 masl
Variety: Mundo Novo, Catuaii
Process: Full Natural and dried in the sun
Certification: Fair Trade (FT FLO/USA) | Organic
All information on the grower and beans is courtesy of our green coffee importer, Royal Coffee.
