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Raw Material launch expert led green coffee course

From 23 - 30th October 2023, Raw Material are hosting an expert led green coffee course; Plant to Port. The course will be held in Colombia, where attendees will be taught about the entire value stream in a coffee producing country. Each day will cover a different segment of coffee production, where attendees will:

  • Learn the role of soil health, variety selection, and reforestation at the abundant coffee ecosystem, El Fénix Community Wet Mill and Farm

  • Take part in hands-on fermentation classes, to explore affordable processing adaptations, that can transform a farm’s profitability

  • Meet coffee producers and associations to learn how they can function as sustainable, profitable businesses

  • Examine what the supply chain needs to do, to best ensure profitability for producers

  • Study the final steps coffee takes in a producing country; from dry milling, to port.

The course will be led by three experts in the field:

  • Miguel Fajardo Mendoza: Raw Material Head of Global Operations, and El Fénix Community Wet Mill and Farm

  • Hernando Tapasco: Owner of Cafe y Procesos, Agronomist, coffee production consultant, CQI Arabica & Q Processing Professional instructor

  • Mario Gonzalaz: Business consultant for coffee producers across Colombia, helping to maximise their profitability and business management

The seven day course is £1000, and is suited to those invested in a personal career development in green coffee. The course is class led, and perfect for those who learn well in a practical as well as academic environment. The full course breakdown can be found here.

WHO ARE RAW MATERIAL?
Raw Material is a not for profit focused on impact for coffee farming communities worldwide. 100% of the profit they generate goes to producers, directly through payments for coffee and through community-level investments. Raw Material works with a network of smallholder farmers and dedicated global coffee buyers to facilitate trade at stable, sustainable prices while improving coffee quality, yields and community outcomes. www.rawmaterial.coffee
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For further information please contact Jessie May Peters, jessiemay@rawmaterial.coffee