Tag Archives: smallholder farmers

Food Security through the Lens of Smallholder Farmers in Kenya

Posted on July 19, 2017 by

7/19/17 – This blog post is written by students in the Global Social and Sustainable Enterprise MBA program at Colorado State University who have founded FarmRise to address the challenge of food security in Kenya. Albert Einstein might as well … Continue reading →

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Concerning Coffee: Supporting Guatemalan Smallholder Farmers

Posted on July 1, 2016 by

7/1/16 – The Growing for the Future team has been conducting on the ground research in the coffee farms of Guatemala, in partnership with the non-profit coffee organization, De La Gente. Bishal Kafle, Javier Echeverria, and Austin Bell are focused … Continue reading →

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Challenges of Consistency in the Coffee Industry in Indonesia

Posted on June 8, 2016 by

6/8/16 – This guest blog post is written by Mama Bumi, a Global Social and Sustainable Enterprise MBA student venture team tackling deforestation in Indonesia alongside their partner, the Kehati Foundation. You can also learn more about Mama Bumi on … Continue reading →

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Pulling Together to Beat the Middlemen

Posted on October 14, 2014 by

10/13/14 – This post is written by Armand Tossou, a Fulbright scholar from Benin who is an MBA Candidate in the Global Social and Sustainable Enterprise MBA program at Colorado State University. Armand and his co-founders Aaron and Leana are starting a … Continue reading →

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