Coffee in El Sauce. Less = more
The Friends Project recently provided a small grant of $350 to the Ocotal coffee cooperative in El Sauce to purchase a portable bag sealer and to buy enough coffee bags at a discounted price.
Now, they can offer their organic and sustainable coffee to tourists who come to Ocotal for overnight and eco-tourism visits. Previously, they had to sell their coffee wholesale to middlemen. They will still do that, but now have another option for which they can make more money and be in control.
Enlace, the tourism organization created by El Sauce residents, bought the bags at a discount and are selling them to the cooperative for 25 cents each. That money will be used to buy more bags at less expensive prices.
Read all about it — and see photos of the cooperative members trying it out in the Enlace newsletter.
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