Photograph by Maya Robinson
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~Preserve critical rain forest migratory corridor habitat for the three-wattled bellbird and other birds and creatures of the rainforest! Without it, they will not survive.
~ Help farms stay in the hands of local farmers!
~Promote environmentally sound growing practices!
~For every pound of café Monteverde that you buy, we give $4.00 to conservation,
education and social programs in the Monteverde community and forest. Plus farmers
receive a fair market price!
And you get delicious coffee!
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The Monteverde region is located in the Tilaran Mountain Range in northwestern Costa Rica. It is one of the most biologically diverse areas on the earth. Café Monteverde is grown on 70 farms bordering the Monteverde Cloud Forest Preserve, 100-1400 meters above sea level. Their small Co-op has been operating for 50 years.
Fair Trade Certification guarantees the Co-op farmers a fair price. This raises incomes and living standards for the local farmers and helps to protect the environment. Fair Trade doesn't provide aid or charity, but instead promotes self-reliance and equality for farmers who are disadvantaged under present global trading conditions.
Small-Scale Farming permits the coffee growers to manually control the weeds, eliminating the need for chemical products prohibited by the Co-op and returns organic material into the soil. Adequate distance between coffee plants allows for light and air circulation, helping to preventing disease. Families tend their own farms, retaining control of their family lands.
Bird-Friendly Reforestation has converted destroyed rain forest to farms where coffee is grown in harmony with the rain forest . Fruit trees provide shade and act as windbreaks. Indigenous trees stabilize the soil and prevent erosion. They also provide habitat for over 420 species of birds, including the three-wattled bellbird, the quetzal, and 30 kinds of hummingbirds. The birds reduce the pest populations.
Shade-grown under trees and the abundant cloud cover of the Monterverde region, the coffee is some of the best in the world.
Water Use and Conservation is carefully monitored. Water use was reduced from 5000 liters per 100 pounds of beans to only 150 liters by means of a water re-circulation system.
Organic Fertilizer is made from the coffee cherry pulp, which represents approximately 45% of the fruit. The mills traditionally deposited the pulp into the rivers, contaminating them. 100% of café Monteverde pulp is separated during processing and treated with worms, which convert the pulp into organic fertilizer!
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café Monteverde
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Price:$9.00 per pound or $5.50 per 1/2 pound
_____Café Monteverde (light roast, bright and crisp)
______LBS ______ $/LBS _____Beans _____Ground
_____Monteverde Decaf
______LBS ______ $/ LBS _____Beans _____Ground
_____Monterverde Dark (dark roast, bold and smooth)
_______LBS ______ $/ LBS _____Beans _____Ground
Monteverde Decaf Dark (dark roast, bold and smooth)
_______LBS ______ $/ LBS _____Beans _____Ground
_______One time delivery
_______Delivered monthly
_______ the 1st Sunday
_______ the 3rd Sunday
_______Delivered every 2 weeks
Amount Enclosed:$_________
Plus shipping costs