12 oz Whole Bean / Ground
for Standard Drip ~ $10.99

Primary Attributes: Roast: MID-DARK | Body: FULL | Acidity: LOW
Organic farmers of the Gayo Highlands protect natural habitat and rainforest canopy with this shade-grown coffee. Magnificently complex, our earthy roast is a toast to Endau Rompin, the ancient Indonesia rainforest.

Region: Indonesia
Name of Cooperative:Gayo Organic Coffee FArmers Association
Number of members: 1,970
Altitude:1,300 meters

FAIR TRADE IMPACT:

Diversification: Through Fair Trade revenues, community nurseries provide coffee and shade tree seedlings. Members receive training in diversifying into additional crops such as vanilla, potatoes, and bananas.

Infrastructure: Improvements have been made to the water supply, local roads, mosques, and schools.

Processing and Quality Improvements: Producing communities have constructed 16 satellite wet mills and two cupping labs.

Credit Program: To help alleviate dependence on outside financing, members and their family have access to small loans through a member credit union.

Health: Community nurses are given medical training to assist the village.

The Gayo Organic Coffee Farmers Association (PPKGO) is an organic Fair Trade coffee cooperative located in the Gayo Highlands of the Aceh province of Sumatra, Indonesia. Cooperative members are small-scale coffee farmers dedicated to producing 100% certified organic, shade-grown coffee. In a region known for political conflict, the co-op has continued to produce, process, and export high-quality Sumatran coffee. It has maintained relative peace and unity among an ethnically diverse membership comprised of Gayo, Javanese, Acehnese, Padang, and Batak peoples. Twenty percent of PPKGO’s members are women.

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PPKGO lies in an environmentally sensitive region—the buffer zone to Gunung Leuser National Park, which contains critical watershed areas and sanctuaries for endangered species such as the Sumatran tiger. The co-op has been Fair Trade certified by Fairtrade Labelling Organizations International (FLO) since 2000, and Fair Trade price incentives and technical support provided by the cooperative have encouraged sustainable agriculture and resource conservation.

The Fair Trade price has enabled Persatuan Petani Kopi Gayo Organik to establish various social and productive programs

Productive Investment
Community nurseries provide improved and grafted coffee and shade tree seedlings. Farmers receive training in growing additional crops such as vanilla, potatoes, and bananas for the market. The co-op has made improvements to the water supply, local roads, mosques, and schools. PPKGO has constructed two cupping labs and 16 satellite wet mills in producing communities. PPKGO offers its members training in coffee cupping and organic certification requirements.

Environment
PPKGO mobilized relief efforts to assist people affected by the
earthquake-tsunami that struck Southeast Asia in December 2004.

Credit Program
Co-op members now use a credit union that extends small loans to members and their families, alleviating dependence on outside financing.

Health
PPKGO provides medical training to village nurses and distributes milk for babies.