Raised by her grandparents in the small town of Santa Elena in Honduras, Orellana-Powell is either related to or friends with all the small farmers who are now the providers of the coffee beans that her Catracha Coffee Company imports, roasts and sells. Orellana-Powell started her company to showcase Honduran coffee, which she feels is […]
Now most Honduran coffee farmers sell “green” coffee beans because they don’t have the energy-intensive capability to process it into more profitable “golden” coffee beans. The beans must have pulp removed and the jellylike mucilage around the seed washed off. After that, they must be gently dried. Typically, the pulp is stockpiled but can wash […]
Honduras’s banana exports this year are estimated to have reached nearly four hundred million dollars in what will be a record season for the industry. This is the highest amount Honduras has earned with its banana exports in the last 10 years, and was predicted in December of last year. Honduras Banana exports from January […]
The Howard G. Buffett Foundation announced a two-year, $2.4 million commitment to scale up the World Food Program’s innovative “Purchase for Progress” (P4P) program in Honduras. P4P empowers smallholder farmers-those farming less than five hectares of land-through critical training, education and paying fair prices for their produce. Eight thousand Honduran farmers will benefit from this […]
Honduran coffee exports rose 22% during the 2010-2011 season from the previous cycle to a record 3.87 million 60-kilogram bags, the Honduran Coffee Institute said Tuesday. The season, which ended Sept. 30, also saw sales for export rise to 4 million bags from 3.2 million bags in 2009-2010. The average price per pound was $2.45, […]