Sol Colibrí, started in 1995 by Arturo Segura and Shelley Gillespie in the Dota-Tarrazú region of Costa Rica. Our first intentions were to simply grow good organic coffee fruit. As we entered the coffee market we found a system that manipulated the farmer and disregarded the integrity of the environment, as well as isolated us in one area of the coffee economy. Prodded by the challenges of working in this system we decided to find the most direct way to connect our farm and coffee with the consumers.
Today Sol Colibrí represents the largest aliance of Costa Rica farmer associations committed to developing a relationship with one another, our farms, and consumers. The Asociación Alianza de Familias Productoras Orgánicas de Costa Rica gathers over 1800 small family farms of coffee and cocoa. Together we are co-creating a connection that moves beyond any market mechanism given today to small family farmers. Direct trade provides real investment that supports and strengthens sustainability in communities that otherwise face severe challenges to their development.
Through the empowerment of co-creating ,we are given ownership over our hand-crafted labor of love.
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