At GCRC we strive to treat everyone with respect. This includes the skilled farmers producing our high quality coffees, the Earth from which all life comes, and of course our beautiful customers.
Fair Trade: certified to provide fair wages and safe working conditions (forced child labor is prohibited). Farmers are paid a premium to apply to projects such as healthcare, women’s leadership initiatives and micro-finance programs, as voted on by the farmers and workers themselves.
Organic: No synthetic substances such as most pesticides, herbicides and fertilizers. Conventionally grown coffee is the most intensively sprayed crop in the world. Traditional organic practices on coffee farms today reduces the amount of herbicides, pesticides and fertilizer entering the ground/water, maintains partial forest canopy, and reduces erosion. Most importantly, the use of pesticides and herbicides is a serious health concern for farmers and consumers, and one that’s not an issue with organic coffee.
We want to take the opportunity to thank you for supporting this mission to keep coffee ethical, sustainable, and of course tasty.