This Saturday, August 23rd, Daily Press Coffee in Bed-Stuy kicks off The Chain Collaborative’s first ever coffee residency! The coffee residency is a way for coffee shops and roasters to unite and raise funds together for projects at origin. Daily Press is excited to be the first ever coffee shop in residence, and likewise their house roaster, Iriving Farm Coffee Roasters, is thrilled to be the first ever roaster in residence. Daily Press and Irving Farm have chosen to help keep Pueblo a Pueblo‘s Sustainable Livelihoods program running strong, and they’ve chosen to do it in collaboration.
According to Pueblo a Pueblo, “Smallholder coffee production and seasonal day labor on coffee plantations typically provide low wages and worker’s income is often unpredictable due to fluctuating yields. Over the past decade, the coffee-rust fungus, Roya, which destroys coffee crops has devastated coffee farms across Guatemala, further putting at risk the economic security of those involved in coffee production.
“Pueblo a Pueblo’s Beekeeping Project provides the tools, training, and support to enable coffee farmers to diversify their income through cooperative beekeeping, honey production, and marketing. Training in business and financial management enables the independent management of all aspects of the value-chain including production, sanitary processing, packaging, and marketing.
Beekeeping with Pueblo a Pueblo
“In the first year of the project, farmers produced, processed, and packaged over 240 pounds of honey for sale in communities around Lake Atitlan. This not only generates additional income for these families but the nutrient rich honey has the potential to improve family nutrition. In addition to the impact beekeeping has at the community level, it also has the potential to benefit generations of farmers through skills transfer.”
So come on out to the show at Daily Press on the 23rd, where you’ll get three drinks for $10 and hear Ghost Rodeo and Toot Sweet jamming out. And stop into Daily Press for your home coffee needs anytime between September and December because $1 per 12oz. bag of House Blend beans goes to Pueblo a Pueblo for the duration of the Fall Residency. Together, they’ll keep collaborating to support the Sustainable Livelihoods project, so stay tuned for a cupping and throwdown, plus more residency highlights. Special thanks to Jacob Bernard (manager at Daily Press and resident collaborator for The Chain) for putting all the events together.
Read more about the Sustainable Livelihoods project here on Daily Coffee News.