GFEmpowerment

Empowering women coffee growers by providing economic opportunities and business acumen. A @socentgoizueta striving to make coffee work for women.

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Attention @EmoryUniversity undergraduates: We are opening applications for our Spring 2020 @GFEmpowerment El Salvador Directed Study led by Professor Roberts.

Apps due 11/12
Info Session on 11/1

Learn more + apply:
https://t.co/kIHiBqWqX6

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GFE Emory Student Internship > Apply by September 10th - https://t.co/r6Xfhda3Dp

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At Finca San Antonio in Nicaragua, Alexa is busy with maintenance in the nursery, preparing for renovations and the placement of new coffee plants! ⁣⁣
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As a leader in her community advocating for sustainable… https://t.co/Es5CsFva0V

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Over the past forty years, Finca La Herencia has been passed from generation to generation. Today, Iris Santos Lopez leads the farm and works to implement principles of coexistence, empowerment, and coffee education… https://t.co/asoFqgsPzy

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We have a big update #FromHerFarm today! As Ivania and her family continue farm maintenance and updates on Finca Alborada, new coffee cherries are appearing! ⁣
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Finca Alborada also recently added electric power to… https://t.co/6oOT0N65oM

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Twenty years ago, Petrona Perez’s mother established Finca Satchibal, a three-manzana coffee farm near Jacaltenango in Guatemala. “Satchibal” translates as “the fruit of the tree,” and for Petrona, their coffee is… https://t.co/CtivNOj1wD

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#FlashbackFriday to the GFE Virtual Origin Trip, when videographers Ben and Isaac Roberts visited GFE farmer Ivania Calderon at Finca Alborada!⁣
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Our latest newsletter takes a look at all of the exciting work… https://t.co/IY6GhCrKSG

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Astrid Zamora’s introduction to coffee farming began with her father and grandmother. As a little girl, she quickly became enamored with the fascinating way coffee is grown and began to take an interest in the entire… https://t.co/x89jvtpEQI

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When she was growing up, Margarita Alvarez often visited her grandparents’ farm. It was during these visits that she saw their dedication to growing coffee. Today, Margarita and her father have the same level of… https://t.co/92zPxF9Xkt

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In Nicaragua, Alexa is busy at Finca San Antonio - it's time for crop maintenance in preparation for the next harvest! ⁣
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Alexa is busy with weed control - weeds can harm coffee plant productivity and yield.… https://t.co/wuomYSLTo1

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Over the next several weeks, Grounds for Empowerment will be introducing new coffee producers from Guatemala to our network. Each of these incredible women joined us earlier this year for our Sustainable Business… https://t.co/h06BdPwdGp

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For #CoffeeFactFriday, we are having a flashback to the cupping exercise at the March Sustainable Business Tools workshop with the Asociación Nacional del Café Guatemala.⁣
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You might be wondering... how can cupping… https://t.co/GlQO46RyCd

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"This event defines why I am in the coffee industry: the opportunity to empower producers to own their side of the transaction; their costs, stories, and price at which they sell." - Alejandro Molina, Coffee Market… https://t.co/DnElcLLLn2

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"To me, this workshop is important because it's filling critical information gaps for farmers—information that the rest of the value chain uses to make informed decisions about the future and that farmers can now… https://t.co/1usr0B1xqC

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Thank you to ANACAFE, the farmer participants and the mentors that made our final wrap-up meeting for the March workshop such a fantastic learning opportunity.⁣
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We used the morning to share feedback, optimism… https://t.co/tgW8nzePB3

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On this #WonderfulWednesday, we wanted to say thank you to our incredible team of student interns that supported Grounds for Empowerment this academic year on Emory's campus. ⁣
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From event support to programmatic… https://t.co/lnW0Yxlkdz

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“A workshop focused on women producers and sustainable business is the beginning of something extraordinary for extraordinary coffee producers.” – Alene and Josue from Chica Bean⁣
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The founders of Chica Bean joined… https://t.co/ZkUI4R4T2k

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"Coffee farmers cannot improve what they do not measure and knowledge is in fact a measurable and essential tool to make their coffee businesses sustainable" - Marjorie Canjura, Coffee… https://t.co/YEpwXQZWXQ

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Did you know that the flower on coffee plants have a beautiful aroma of jasmine? ⁣
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These flowers bloom before each year's cherries begin to form and ripen into the vibrant red you may be… https://t.co/bcyCL1I0Kt

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In Guatemala, coffee plants are in full bloom!⁣
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Thank you for the beautiful pictures from Finca La Mandarina, Astrid!⁣
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Astrid is a coffee producer from Guatemala who joined us in… https://t.co/EEtAsEi9GY