How does your company measure up, when it comes to social responsibility ?

Our social impact business model is centered around a global commitment to improving Black lives and underrepresented communities between coffee farmers and coffee consumers.

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We invest in programs that provide economical and agricultural empowerment towards our coffee farmers in East Africa. Our Ground Zero Tanzania Coffee is sourced from family-owned farms organized around Tembo Coffee, an export company that operates in the southern highlands of Mbeya, Tanzania. Tembo generates quality premiums and passes the profit along to individual producers. Tembo has increased the number of participating producers with cash advances that help farmers invest in farm inputs. Tembo has also built washing stations to support producers who are too small or lack the capital to process their own cherry. Tembo has 15 full-time agronomists in the field to provide technical support. More than 5,000 small producers have been able to improve quality as a result of Tembo’s programs.

We also provide our community with access to educational resources through impactful content and programming. Our Ground Zero podcast service offers tips and tools for better living through art, culture and enterprise. Each guest on the show reveals how they started from ground zero ⁠— explains their creative process, shares stories on their past/on-going struggles, and provides practical tools for their success.

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