Organic Fairtrade Ethiopia, Kilenso Mokonsia, Sidamo
melon ~ pear drops ~ maple syrup
Notes of melon, pear drops and maple syrup. Organic & Fairtrade
The farm
Kilenso Mokonisa cooperative are based in the Sidamo region, also known as
Sidama, located in the south west of Ethiopia. They are part of Oromia Coffee
Farmers Cooperative Union (OCFCU) who export the coffee and work exclusively
in the Oromia Regional State. OCFCU are one of the first producer groups to
pilot the new Fairtrade Climate Standard which means 20,000 coffee farmers can
improve their living conditions and income, while also becoming more resilient to
the effects of climate change.
OCFCU also pays 70% of its net profit back to the cooperatives and Kilenso
Mokonisa pays 70% of their profits back to the member farmers.
Kilenso Mokonisa cooperative is about 20 kilometres from the town of Bule Hora
and has 2,300 members, of which 135 are female. There are 150 workers and an
extra 70 are hired during peak periods. The average farmer has about two hectares of land and uses ‘false banana’ as an intercrop because it holds moisture from the soil and provides access to water throughout the dry season. The false banana or enset is also very space efficient and can feed more people per square metre of crop than most cereals. It is made into three main foods in Ethiopia – kocho, bulla and amicho.
The cooperative grows about 80,000 seedlings per year to replenish their members farms, seedlings are planted and nurtured for one year before being distributed.
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We work closely with farms worldwide to make sure that coffee farmers are paid a fair price, through Fairtrade and our own Direct Trade certifications. Working hard with coffee farmers to improve their lives and the lives of their families.
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We maintain long term relationships with our carefully selected coffee farms, to provide the stability they need to plan for the future. The added bonus? Coffee that improves with every single crop, as their farming practices and equipment improves.
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We, at Wogan Coffee, have been lovingly hand-roasting speciality, ethical, sustainable and traceable coffees since 1970. In our third generation, and a wholly independent family company, you can find us rooted in Bristol; the same city as when Mr Wogan established the business over fifty years ago. Laura and James, grandchildren of the bowler hatted gentleman, now have the ropes firmly in their grasp; James as our resident Q Grader in the Bristol Roastery Headquarters, and Laura in London.
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