Did you know smallholder farms provide up to 80 percent of the food supply in Asia and sub-Saharan Africa?
In this episode of Sustainability Matters Today, I interview Jeff Abella, co-founder of Moka Origins, a bean-to-bar chocolate manufacturer and specialty coffee roaster and #Champion of Economic Development through Sustainable Agriculture.
Founded in 2015, Moka Origins has been empowering rural African farming communities by providing smallholder farmers with technical training and sustainable marketing links, while supporting the local economy through their chocolate and coffee products. In April 2019, Moka Origins won the Bronze Prize in the Annual Fedex Small Business Grant Contest. They also received the Innovator of the Year award from the Wayne Economic Development Corporation in 2017.
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I hope you enjoy the episode!
Resources:
Himalayan Institute: https://www.himalayaninstitute.org
Smallholder Farming: https://www.cropscience.bayer.com/en/crop-science/smallholder-farming
Origin Trips (sample: Mexico Coffee Immersion): https://mokaorigins.com/pages/mexico-origin-trip
Moka Origins website: https://mokaorigins.com
Read the transcript here: https://sustainabilitym.at/Jeff_Abella_SMT
Watch the full episode here: https://sustainabilitym.at/Youtube-Jeff-Abella
