Pilot project Fundraiser

San Martin is a Coffee growers association which was founded in 2017 and counts 623 members. It's yearly average export volume of Organic-FT-RA coffee is of 45 containers.

Supremo selected San Martin to implement prevention campaigns targeting the communities and providing alternatives to using herbicides. This Supply Chain has shown difficulties in adressing the useage of herbicides amongst it's members and this translated into above average findings of glyphosate in samples, having to remove 5 farmers from the certification scheme in the past 3 years, as well as having no choice but to downgrade some coffee to nonorganic coffee status.

Together we came to the realization that creating community awareness on the health risks of herbicides useage and providing alternatives through top l ayer cover crops which prevent weeds from proliferating should be put as top priorities. For the health of the farmers, for environmental preservation, and f or product integrity.

To implement these campaigns we seek for full or partial financial support. The campaigns will take place during a 12 months program. The expected impact is a reduction of farm based herbicide useage which will be monitored through testing of coffee samples and on-farm visits, as well as a rise in community awareness around the risks of manipulating such products. This will be assesed via local surveys. Both these impacts are expected to result in a lower number of farmers being removed from the organic certification as well as an increase in volume of genuinely organic coffee available from the farmers.

Would this trial give positive results we will be looking at rolling such campaigns to more Supply Chains and Origins.

Peru is a very important origin for Supremo and one of the leading organic coffee growing countries. San Martin has shown throughout the years their willingness to adress glyphosate usage and to ensure integrity of the product. They are well structured and can be entrusted with your money, precise reporting is also a deliverable we may expect from them.

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