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Farmers Ensuring A more Sustainable Future OF COFFEE for all

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Starbucks partner in Costa Rica standing in the coffee farm

In Costa Rica, on the slopes of Volcano Poas, you'll find Hacienda Alsacia, our first coffee and research farm and the jewel of our farm innovation network. There, our global research and development team is taking on challenges – like climate change – stressing coffee-farming communities around the world, including the more than 450,000 farmers who grow Starbucks coffee.

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      It’s a great day for coffee

      Starbucks celebrates the farmers, roasters and baristas who work relentlessly to craft the perfect cup.

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    Ten Years of Impact at Hacienda Alsacia

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Research and development agronomist, is fighting for the future of coffee

“I’m a fourth-generation coffee farmer, coffee is in my blood,” Sara Bogantes says.

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Future of Coffee

  1. Progress on our Farmer Promises
  2. What is our Farmer Promise?
  3. Digital Traceability Tool connects baristas to farmers, like Virginie from Rwanda

By The Numbers

  • 100M

    Number of disease-resistant coffee trees Starbucks pledges to distribute by 2025.

  • 10

    Farmer Support Centers around the world.

  • 617

    Number of varietals and hybrids in Starbucks core coffee collection.

  • 30+

    Countries where we source coffee. 

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    C.A.F.E. Practices: Starbucks Approach to Ethically Sourcing Coffee

    Learn more about Starbucks C.A.F.E. Practices, the cornerstone of our ethical sourcing approach to buying coffee.

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Thanks to coffee, many things can be done. Of course, at the beginning everything is difficult, everything has its lows.

Seferina, coffee farmer, Peru

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