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The space we call home. A collective of our shared ideas, visions and accomplishments. Travel on our journey through the coffee fields of member owners to our cafés and beyond. This is where we can share our joys, our struggles, our ideas and passion for what we do each and everyday working for coffee farmers.
Preserving Ecosystems with Organic, Shade Grown Coffee
Clean water protections, biodiversity preservation and carbon sequestering. This isn’t the typical thing your mind goes to when you think about coffee. But in the hills of Huatusco Mexico, the...
News
Programas de PRODECOOP en Nicaragua | A Conversation With Alexa Marin, Gender Commission Coordinator
PRODECOOP is a secondary level cooperative in Rio Coco, Nicaragua that unites over 38 base cooperatives. They were founded to support the commercialization and promotion...
A Conversation with Pachamama President Merling Preza | The Role of Women in Coffee
Continuing our conversation through Women's History Month on the role of women in the cooperative, we sat down with Pachamama President, Merling Preza, to discuss the importance...
A Woman’s Work: Initiatives to Fund Gender Equity In Nicaragua
This work was originally written by Lauren Taber in 2018, and has been edited and repurposed for distribution in 2022 by Ashley Fleming. The images...
Alexa Marin | Finalist, Notable Coffee Producer Award
The 13th Annual Sprudgie Awards have named finalists for a total of thirteen categories. These range from outstanding individuals, to best podcast, and our personal...
The Widening Coffee Crisis
Climate Change and Economic Struggles at Origin Amidst a Global Pandemic: Firsthand Account Words and photographs by coffee farmer Alexa Marin of Nicaragua. The last couple years amplified many of...
The Role and Power of Cooperatives: Merling Preza at SCA Re:co Symposium 2019
In 2019, Pachamama President and PRODECOOP General Manager, Merling Preza, spoke at the Speciality Coffee Association’s Re:co Speciality Coffee Symposium. She sat down with Kim Elena...
Meet Merling Preza, Co-founder and President of Pachamama Coffee and General Manager of PRODECOOP
Meet our co-founder and president, Merling Preza, general manager of PRODECOOP in Estelí, Nicaragua. Ms. Preza recently visited Pachamama's East Sacramento café, where she gave...
Women Coffee Farmers
Women's History Month is not just about remembering the impact of women who came before us, it is also about learning to recognize those who continue paving...
Celebrating Women's History Month
This month marks Women’s History Month! We at Pachamama will continue to celebrate some of the amazing women leaders who are farmer-owners of Pachamama Coffee. ...
A Conversation with Pachamama Coffee Cooperative's Board of Directors
PRESIDENT MERLING PREZA Sacramento CA - This conversation with Pachamama co-founders Merling Preza (PRODECOOP) and Carlos Reynoso (Manos Campesinas) was recorded by Johanna Abasto in October 2019. It has...
Women in Coffee: Celebrating International Women's Day With Tonita From San Juan de Rio Coco, Nicaragua
BY LAUREN TABER Across the highland region of Nicaragua, one will see a diversity of wildlife darting across twisting mountain roads, signs advertising the sale...
Caterina Yac Shares Her Story From Guatemala
Coffee producer and Pachamama Coffee Cooperatve member, Caterina Yac, talks about her love of working in the coffee industry and how her production goes directly to Pachamama...
Coffee Farmer Alexa Marin's Visit
We are happy to have Alexa Marin, a small-scale coffee farmer in Nicaragua, visiting with us in Sacramento this week! Alexa Marin — like many...