Tales from Teafields in Western Kenya

Posted by Yasmin, May 18th, 2011, Comments (0)
Tea picking in Nandi Hills, Kenya
Karibu! I’ve just come back from Kenya where I spent time in  Nandi Hills in western Kenya with our tea partners, Eastern Produce Kenya – Outgrower Empowerment Programme (EPK-OEP). Although I’ve met growers over here, this was my first trip to origin and an amazing opportunity to see how tea is … Read more

Jambo from Kenya!

Posted by Paul, May 10th, 2011, Comments (0)
Paul's visit to Kenya
I’ve just been to Kenya for our Business Update Meeting with our African partners.It’s always interesting to hear from the growers and hear how crops are doing, what challenges they are facing and also see growers sharing information and learning from each other.  Many smallholder producers share many challenges, like … Read more

Andrew Ethuru's message to Fairtrade Supporters Conference

Posted by Alex, October 12th, 2010, Comments (6)
Last week was a busy one at Cafédirect HQ. We had Board meetings which meant our Producer Directors Andrew and Alvaro were in town. This also coincided with the Fairtrade Foundation’s Supporter Conference where Andrew spoke about his experiences of Fairtrade. He was in excellent company following Harriet Lamb the … Read more

AdapCC and the MDGs

Posted by Whitney, September 22nd, 2010, Comments (1)
Sound like a funky band name?  Lots of acronyms, I know, but they add up to come very exciting news for us. AdapCC? I’m a broken record when it comes to talking about this pioneering collaboration with four of our producer partners and GTZ to support small farmers to adapt … Read more

Tea fresh from the field………

Posted by Cafédirect, November 26th, 2009, Comments (1)
Yesterday was overwhelming – true sensory overload…. We started off with a visit to the Michimikuru Tea Factory to see what happens to tea once it leaves the field. Within 3 hours its at the factory and put into huge troughs onto wire mesh to be withered. This process takes … Read more

On the road to Kenya

Posted by Siobhan, November 23rd, 2009, Comments (1)
We’ll have a number of guest blogs this week from Jacquie Bance, our Marketing Communications Manager, who is in Kenya this week…. “Very excited to set off on a trip to Kenya to visit some of our tea producers and to partake in the upcoming AdapCC workshop in Nairobi this … Read more

Cafédirect's pioneering Kenyan energy saving project

Posted by Cafédirect, October 19th, 2009, Comments (1)
To celebrate energy saving week, I wanted to share some of the pioneering environmental work that Cafédirect have been doing with our Kenyan tea partners to save energy. I had the pleasure of meeting Japheth Sayi, an environmental engineer who works with two of our tea partners in Kenya … Read more

Andrew Ethuru from Michimikuru answers your questions

Posted by Siobhan, September 29th, 2009, Comments (4)
Thanks to everyone who posted questions for Andrew and Alvaro.  We posted Alvaro’s responses to your questions last week, now why not grab a cup of tea and read what Andrew had to say. ********************************************************************************************************* Ben: In December the world is going to try and agree a vital new treaty … Read more

The word is out…

Posted by Cafédirect, July 7th, 2009, Comments (0)
We’ve had lots of emails from growers in the 13 countries that we work with about winning the Ethical Business Award. If you’re curious to know what all the exitement is about, take a look at the film that the Triodos Bank made about our CEO Anne MacCaig, and … Read more
 
 
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