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Name:

Machare Kilimanjaro Ethical Coffee

Business Name:

Machare Kilimanjaro Ethical Coffee

Location:

-6.533645130567532, 34.9365234375

Country:

United Republic of Tanzania

Region:

Eastern Africa

In Business Since:

2014

Website:

http://www.macharecoffee.com

Do you have experience exporting directly?

Yes

Describe yourself in 140 characters or less:

Farm that minimizes the use of chemicals and maintains eco-balance of the Kilimanjaro ecosystem

Bio:

The Machare Farm lies 4,500 feet up on the slopes of snow-capped Kilimanjaro, and is owned by the local village cooperatives. Machare has been leased and rehabilitated by people with a passion for fine gourmet coffee and the preservation of Kilimanjaro’s unique environment.

Owned by a cooperative, but leased, revived, developed and managed, this farm employs many of the cooperative members throughout the year, and a number of other non cooperative farmers during the harvest. The farm has reduced water usage by over 90%; uses biofuel for machinery; preserves the habitat through shade-grown coffee; minimises the use of chemicals; and has created a tree project to maintain eco-balance of Kilimanjaro.

Shade-grown coffee comes from premium bourbon plants cultivated at altitude, in rich volcanic soil and fed by clear glacial water.

**All images from Creative Commons. Specific Authors: John Pavelka.

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