Coffee

Meet two young coffee farmers in Central America who are improving their yields and turning their farms into new business opportunities.

Women have long played an essential role in coffee farming in Guatemala, contributing to harvesting, pulping, and tending nurseries. Yet their work is often viewed as secondary, and they rarely receive the same social or economic recognition.

National Coffee Day 2026 falls on Tuesday, September 29. It is celebrated in the United States on the same date every year. This year, coffee lovers can learn where coffee beans come from and how your daily cup of brew can transform the lives and livelihoods of smallholder coffee farmers around the world.

Millions of cups of coffee are consumed every day by people around the world. Read about the benefits of coffee to people, communities, and the planet.

Agricultural training and leadership development can create unexpected pathways. For Joyce Wanjiku, a coffee farmer in Kenya, this training opened doors she hadn't imagined—from the cooperative board room to her expanding farm.

In Peru's San Martín region, coffee farmer Layit Vargas Tello learned skills that helped her transform from a quiet participant in her coffee cooperative to a leader in her community.

Meet Genith Apagueño Cahuaza, a coffee farmer who reconnected with her roots and is now a coffee farmer in Peru’s San Martín region. Her journey is a powerful story of choosing farming after having traveled other paths.

Discover how a small group of Ethiopian farmers built an award-winning coffee cooperative that transformed their community from forgotten to flourishing.