Supporting our partnership with Tasajera
Beneficio Whole Bean Coffee is IN! Beneficio coffee is sold for $10 per bag during coffee hour on the first Sunday of each month. Delicious, as well as organic and better-than-fair trade, which means that coffee is purchased directly from farmers in Costa Rica at a better-than-fair-trade price. Twenty percent of the net proceeds of the coffee is returned to the communities in Costa Rica who grow, pick, and process the coffee. The funds support the priorities identified by those communities to improve education and quality of life for all. To learn more about Beneficio, Coffee, go to http://www.itsmorethanfairtrade.com. |
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We sell Beneficio Coffee because it makes sense, and Two dollars of every bag supports the Turtle Project on Tasajera Island, an ongoing environmental program run by our partner community on the island of Tasajera in El Salvador. Rather than selling sea turtle eggs for food, local residents are paid to preserve and protect the eggs so that this rare species of sea turtle will survive and thrive. Currently supported by a one-year grant from USAID, our contributions to the Turtle Project through our Beneficio Coffee sales will enable this important program to continue, as well as support the fishing peoples of Tasajera to build on the Turtle Project and explore new opportunities of eco-tourism as they look to the future for their community.