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The Colombia We Thought We Knew is Changing
If you’ve traveled with Osito in the Colombian countryside, you’ve likely heard your hosts say something about the “security situation” being either compromised or delicate, precarious even. This is a direct translation of words used by Colombian media and government officials when referring to the armed violence, drug-trafficking, and resulting public insecurity that is an … Read more
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From visibility to relationality : Kaad Kaapi’s forest coffee
Modern problems community solutions Specialty coffee was a movement founded to solve two problems for two different groups of people. Coffee producers experienced the C price in a free fall––dropping by 50% almost overnight after the collapse of the International Coffee Agreement (ICA) in 1989––which left them grappling with how value would remain in their … Read more
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