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Bringing green coffee beans into Belgium
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The Fairdirect coffee from Hansapur is on its way
Just a quick update: We got note from Rajesh, our faithful manager of the coffee logistics in Nepal right now, that “our” 300 kg or coffee arrived in Kathmandu successfully, and were alrea... Read More
Developing a small color sorter for green beans
In March 2017, we developed an idea for an optical sorter machine for green beans of coffee and any other small items, built around a Raspberry Pi 3 and machine learning software. The machine and all... Read More
Coffee capsules: Are we buying trash?
10 plastic capsules 10 aluminium film lids 10 plastic sachets 1 cardboard box 0.052 kg of coffee 33.65 EUR/kg The funniest thing is this text on the package (originally in German): “UTZ certifie... Read More
Ever Heard of Himalayan Coffee?
”My father brought home three coffee seedlings from the agricultural union’s office a few years ago. He planted them, but didn’t really know what else to do with them. When the first che... Read More
African Chicken Breast
We live in a time where food production and food trade has completely gone nuts. This is unsettling to many, cause massive harm in the world’s poorest countries, and is a growing cause of the re... Read More
Fair and direct coffee
“Don’t exploit people. Just don’t.” There is a lot to be said about so-called international development cooperation: how it benefits foreign workers with high wages, how handou... Read More
The challenge of our generation
What is the biggest challenge of our generation? In the past 50 years the world has changed like never before. The world is like a village: in 24 hours you can travel all over the earth (if you have e... Read More