By David Berón Picture this. You have started a small enterprise to directly connect smallholders in rural Colombia […]
Category: Supply Chain
Agustin Nervi “Before they came, nothing happened here. There was no market, nothing…” Claudio whispered as he skillfully […]
We sat down to talk to Eliot Logan-Hines, Executive Director of the Runa Foundation. The Runa Foundation is a […]
Cutting out the middlemen and increasing local processing are commonly seen as the key to helping small producers capture […]
Comúnmente se cree que evitar los intermediarios y aumentar el procesamiento local son claves para que pequeños productores puedan […]
by Jacob Olander The Ecuadorian Amazon is remarkably easy to get to. In no other of the eight countries of […]
Created in order to provide a system of trust in which buyers can be confident that their products really […]
Creadas con el fin de proveer un sistema de confianza que garantice al consumidor que el producto que está […]
As consumers become more focused on the origins of their coffee, the labels and certifications that should help us to identify those which
Tourists returning from Andean South America will usually sport some sort of “alpaca item”: gloves, sweaters, hats, socks, all with pre-columbian-style designs, inevitably including the form of an alpaca. However, buyers rarely glimpse the truth behind this iconic industry—that the alpaca as well the artisans who work with a centuries-old tradition are in peril. But, like in centuries past, alpacas fit perfectly into the Andean environment and the needs of our modern lifestyles. Thanks to the efforts of two Ecuadorian initiatives, it is reappearing,
