This blog post was written by Joy Maguvo, Long Miles Coffee Story Assistant. Dorothée Sibomana is a coffee farmer from Gaharo Hill. In most countries, it’s more common to see men involved in coffee farming maintenance than women. However, Dorothée defies that norm! While her husband works as a mechanic in Bujumbura, Dorothée manages and …
In this post, Epaphras Ndikumana, Social and Environment Impact Manager for Long Miles Coffee walks us through the reasons for Pruning and Mulching…
As the coffee cherry coming into our Burundi washing stations slows to a veritable trickle, we enter into the less talked about, less photographed, and less glamorous portion of the season: Dry Milling. Dry Milling is the final stage the coffee passes through before it is packed into bags, ready for loading into a container. …
We have seen firsthand the devastation of climate change-induced weather events in the coffee regions of East Africa. Burundi is ranked 171 out of 181 countries for risk of climate change. Sadly, we see that those living below the poverty line are the ones that are disproportionately more vulnerable to the risks of climate change …
It is widely accepted amongst the scientific community that a warming climate will, at best, prove challenging for agriculture. At worst, many regions will no longer be able to produce crops of historical and financial importance to that region. Farming coffee will continue to be particularly challenging in a warming climate. In a new model …
One of our core values is ‘Ubuntu’. The philosophy of ‘Ubuntu’ is applied in many cultures across East and Southern Africa. Its meaning can be translated as “I am, because we are”, and it emphasizes a humanity towards others. It matters so much to our team and to the farmers that we partner with that …
