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Tasting notes: Vanilla, Blackberry, and Honey
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Tasting notes: Vanilla, Blackberry, and Honey
COOPAC is a Fair Trade certified cooperative located near Lake Kivu, on the steep slopes of the volcanic mountains. The organization was founded by Emmanuel Rwakagara, president of COOPAC and also owner of the Gishamwana Island coffee estate. COOPAC started with 110 farmers in April 2001 and currently has 8,000 members contributing coffee from Ack, Ubuzima, Tuzamurane, Kopabm, Abakundakurima and Abanyamurava. With more than 50 washing stations across the northern landscape of Lake Kivu, COOPAC exports 150 containers of Fair Trade certified coffee annually.
COOPAC is committed to environmental and social sustainability, in addition to producing high quality coffee. Waste processing byproducts are used as fertilizer instead of being disposed of in the lake, and shade trees are distributed to farmers to prevent soil erosion. COOPAC helped build a school, health centers and roads and bridges in the community. The cooperative also has a program to distribute cows and goats to the most productive farmers and provides farmers with an agricultural consultant to teach the latest production methods.
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