SCA USA Business Chats: Lessons from the Ground Up: Sustainable Solutions & Stories in Specialty Coffee
Watch the SCA USA Business Chat: Lessons from the Ground Up: Sustainable Solutions & Stories in Specialty Coffee recorded on Zoom, Thursday, December 9th, at 12pm EDT / 9am PDT.
Event Description: We have heard your feedback. People are tired of hearing about the ongoing current global challenges in specialty coffee and would like to hear more on what’s working. Northeast Regional Coordinator for the SCA USA Chapter and founder of JNP Coffee, Jeanine Niyonzima-Aroian, has invited Kellem Emanuele, Chief Impact Officer at Sustainable Harvest to cover what’s working in their programing in Colombia, and Francis Kungu of Jamii Coffee and Mukarimu Farms to speak about their programing in Kenya. Jeanine will also cover successes in Burundi at JNP Coffee. Join these panelists to learn about their experiences in overcoming global challenges in specialty coffee! There will be time following the discussion for Q&A with the audience, so come prepared with questions.
Panel Bios & Additional Resources:
Jeanine Niyonzima-Aroian
Host
Founder of JNP Coffee and Burundi Friends International, Jeanine Niyonzima-Aroian is a licensed Q. grader and dedicated supporter/advocate for women coffee farmers in her native Burundi, East Africa. Farmers produce high-scoring specialty coffee beans, earn premiums from JNP Coffee’s global sales and gain financial literacy. In 2019, the YWCA of Central Massachusetts recognized Jeanine with its Katharine F. Erskine Award for Business and Law for her support of women as community builders.
JNP Coffee | @jnpcoffee
Kellem Emanuele
Panelist, Colombia
Kellem Emanuele is the Chief Impact Officer for Sustainable Harvest Coffee Importers, a US-based B Corp whose mission is to improve the livelihoods of coffee-farming families around the globe through its unique Relationship Coffee model. In her role as chief impact officer, Kellem leads Sustainable Harvest’s commitment to accelerate economic opportunity, climate resilience, and equity & inclusion. Prior to joining Sustainable Harvest, Kellem served as the executive director of the International Women’s Coffee Alliance (IWCA).
Sustainable Harvest Coffee Importers | sustainableharvest.com
Francis Kungu
Panelist, Kenya
Francis Kungu was born and raised in a small-scale rural community in Kenya. He is the founder of Jamii Coffee, a coffee importer specializing in Kenyan coffee. Francis realized that many specialty coffee roasters find Kenyan coffee trade complex, opaque and disconnected. So, he started his Soil to Cup sourcing approach. By pairing boots-on-the-ground educating farmers with increased transparency to produce high-quality coffee, Francis' approach guarantees living wage prices creating economic stability, broad social impact and promotes sustainable environmental practices that will protect Kenyan coffee farming families, communities and the diverse biodiversity for decades to come.
Jamii Coffee | jamiicoffee.com