Hi everyone, my name is Cindy Raquel Dubón, and I'm from Subirana, Yoro, Honduras. Subirana is a small-town coffee producer and I work in Cooperativa COMISUYL, which is dedicated to…
Coffee is now being recognized as a primary threat to Central American rainforests and their wildlife habitat. These diverse forests are being cleared and converted for coffee production in order…
This year’s coffee harvest has just begun and the trees are bursting with bright red cherries; an exciting sight for us here at Cooperativa COMISUYL in Honduras. However, these ripe…
Unlike other Central and South American coffee-producers, Honduras and its coffee are excluded from the specialty attention and specialty prices that good quality coffee deserves. But this is not because…
Solar-dried coffee is processed using clean, renewable energy from solar panels and stands as a technological improvement to the sun-drying method. The age-old tradition of “sun-drying” coffee on a cement…
Café Solar® Coffee Is Processed Using Clean Technology and Forest-Friendly Farming Systems Researched by UMass Lowell Students & Faculty Conventional coffee-drying methods mean that every time you drink a cup…
Here is some background on how Cooperative COMISUYL is contributing to its members and the community as a whole. It is important to note that we are in the initial…
Young women at Cooperative COMISUYL are setting a new standard of environmental stewardship for the coffee sector. Co-Director of Quality Control, Tatiana Santa Maria, and Operations Manager of the Off-Grid…
UMass/UNAH Program Gaining Enthusiasm Based on Foundation of Completed Research and Implementation of a New Development Model for Proposed Yoro Biological Corridor Initiative UMass, MDI, and US Forest Service representatives…
Café Solar® supports the partnership of U Mass Lowell students and faculty with the organizations of small producers that are adopting clean technology and forest-friendly farming systems. The program is…