PA R T N E R C O O P E R AT I V E S
In 2021, the DLG partner cooperative network grew to include a total of eight cooperatives within five distinct coffee-growing communities. Ranging from eight to 150 members, the cooperatives are all made up of small-scale farmers, a demographic that has historically been susceptible to price volatility, climate change, and exploitative supply chains. We have established partnerships in efforts to combat these obstacles.
COFFEE GROWERS OF SAN MIGUEL ESCOBAR This is where the De La Gente story begins. In the 1990s, a group of small-scale farmers who had acquired experience working in large coffee plantations began planting their own coffee plants and carving out a space for themselves in the coffee industry. When DLG was founded in 2014, we first partnered with this group of producers to improve the quality of their product and find markets in which to sell their coffee. The current 16 members renewed their values and collective commitments at the end of 2021, and in the process, renamed themselves The Coffee Growers of San Miguel Escobar.
LA FAMILIA COLLECTIVE La Familia Collective is made up of two families of coffee producers spanning two generations, who have been producing coffee in the community of San Miguel Escobar for nearly 20 years. With the vision of forming the third generation of coffee growers and continuing to advance as professionals within the industry, they came together at the end of 2021 to launch La Familia Collective, named in honor what unites them the most.
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DE LA GENTE 2021 IMPACT REPORT
