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News From Nayarit: Organic Soil Enhancement Factory, Gesha Nursery, and 2022 Harvest Planning! ­ ­ A LOT IS HAPPENING AT SOURCE NOVEMBER 2021 NEWSLETTER FROM GRUPO TERRUÑO NAYARITA Click to View Click to Download
Harvest Update_ Mexico GTNay and La Yerba ASTAL Women's Video Harvest Update_Mexico GTNay and La Yerba ASTAL Women's Video Click to View Click to Download
San Cristobal Newsletter December 2020 Holiday Greetings & West Welega New Arrival Click to View Click to Download
GTNAY Newsletter March 2020 Find out what's happening at source! Click to View Click to Download
GTNAY Newsletter January 2020 Find out what's happening at source! Click to View Click to Download
GTNAY Newsletter November 2019 Ya Viene la Cosecha 2019-20! Click to View Click to Download
GTNAY Newsletter March 2019 Find out what's happening at source! Click to View Click to Download
GTNAY Newsletter February 2019 Find out what's happening at source! Click to View Click to Download
GTNAY Newsletter January 2019 Find out what's happening at the source! Click to View Click to Download
GTNAY Newsletter November 2018 Monthly Newsletter from the source Click to View Click to Download
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Extended ICO Marks Learn about the extended ICO marks that you find on each bag tag and what they mean. Click to View Click to Download
GTNay Potentially Partnering with Coop in Veracruz! GTNay associates visit Cintipec in Veracruz, Mexico in June, 2019. A potential collaboration is in the works! Click to View Click to Download
Maximizing the Efficiency of Coffee Production A presentation (from Expocafe 2016 - Mexico City) that relates maximizing efficiency to quality management, traceability, transparency and higher income for coffee producers. Click to View Click to Download
Traceability: What does it REALLY mean? James Kosalos in Coffee Talk, April 2014, an article explaining that traceability is not the objective, but the inevitable result of consistently raising income of coffee small holders. Click to View Click to Download
Mexican Barista Champion Uses Nayarit Coffee Fabrizio Sencion Ramirez wins the 2011 Mexican Barista Championship in Mexico City using Nayarit coffee that was evaluated with the Fincalab system (formerly Portacafe). Click to View Click to Download
The Real Masters of "Direct Trade" Miles Small of Coffee Talk, an article from 2011 on San Cristobal's direct trade work in Nayarit, Mexico. Click to View Click to Download
Transparency: Do Not Leave Your Bags Unattended Miles Small of Coffee Talk, an article from 2010, discusses traceability in the supply chain using San Cristobal's model in Nayarit. Click to View Click to Download
COSA Seeking Sustainability in Coffee Committee on Sustainability Assessment analysis of sustainability initiatives in the coffee sector. Click to View Click to Download
Mexico by Mike White Mike White of Gimme! Coffee put together an article for Barista Magazine in 2007 after attending an Ecotour. Click to View Click to Download
Why NOT Fair Trade James Kosalos addresses Fair Trade vs Quality Premiums in 2006. Click to View Click to Download
Cafes Sustentables de Mexico's Coffee Quality Course For Farmers Cafes Sustentables graduates twelve farmers from its second annual Coffee Quality Management Course. Click to View Click to Download
Hurricane Kenna Hits Nayarit James Kosalos summarized his experience in Malinal immediately following Hurricane Kenna in 2002. Click to View Click to Download