Nicaragua Organic Fair Trade Aldea Strictly High Grown, Shade, wet processed, sun dried. Associacion Aldea Global Jinotega
Euro Prep beans! (EP) This is a level of prep usually used for coffee on the way to ... you guessed it. Europe. This is fastidiousness at its best.
What makes 100% Fair Trade Certified Nicaragua Fair Trade Organic Aldea a coffee to try? Quality of course; but also for it's unique contribution to women in coffee. This coffee is the result of hard work and dedication, applying the benefits of the Fair Trade system to further progress both in quality and in family.
• Aldea Global has placed in Cup of Excellence international auctions for three consecutive years, including first place.
• With over 47 percent female membership, Aldea Global has made gender equity a priority.
The association was founded in 1992 by twenty two indigenous farmers in mountainous northern Nicaragua. 583 rural families trained to improve overall cupping characteristics of their coffee. As a result of their study, they altered their harvest and fermentation techniques. They began implementing strict environmental protection in on-farm milling including waste water filtration systems and worm composting.
Many farmers in the association are descended from Chorotega families, These are some of the original peoples that preceded the arrival of the Spaniards into the Americas. They formed the cooperative specifically to promote the sustainable agricultural practices needed to have a solid local economy, while also protecting their environment in a world of commerce.
The cooperative has used revenue from Fair Trade sales to invest in the following initiatives:
• Women's programs. A women’s mobile medical clinic with an emphasis on early cancer detection benefiting 124 women in rural communities.
• Health. Mobile medical clinics provide subsidized integral medical attention to 707 family members in rural communities. Training and water filters provided for 428 families have improved overall health.
• Credit. Lending programs have been employed amongst solidarity groups with 218 women taking loans for diverse economic activities to improve food security in their rural communities.
• Eco-Tourism. Rustic cabins and trails were constructed in the cloud forest Reserve Datanlí-El Diablo. This is aimed at protecting the Lake Apanas watershed, one of Nicaragua’s most critical watersheds.
