HELLO,

MY NAME IS MR. KIKEO.

I COME FROM HOUAY WAY VILLAGE, LAOS.

ME AND 30 OTHER FAMILIES GREW THE COFFEE YOU ARE NOW DRINKING, FOR

OUR FAMILIES GROW COFFEE JUST LIKE WE HAVE
FOR OVER A 100 YEARS:

IN A FOREST, UNDER THE CANOPY OF A DIVERSE MIX OF TREES

IN THE PHOTO, YOU CAN SEE ONE OF OUR FARMS. THIS IS A GENTLE AND NATURAL WAY OF GROWING COFFEE.

[BY THE WAY, THE SCIENTIFIC TERM FOR THIS IS 'AGROFORESTRY'

HERE ARE SOME FACTS FOR YOU ABOUT OUR FARMS:

WE OWN A TOTAL OF

70 HA

OF COFFEE FARMS BETWEEN
61 FAMILIES

THERE ARE A TOTAL OF

21 034 TREES

GROWING IN OUR FARMS,
WHICH WE PRESERVE

YOU CAN FIND

88 TREE SPECIES

INCLUDING 10 ENDANGERED
SPECIES LIKE SIAMESE ROSEWOOD

GROWING COFFEE IS HARD BUT REWARDING WORK, AND THANKS TO OUR COOPERATION WITH COOR, IT IS WORTH IT.

BEFORE, WE WERE VULNERABLE TO THE

CONSTANTLY CHANGING GLOBAL COFFEE PRICES.

IN ADDITION, WE OFTEN HAD TO SELL OUR COFFEE TO

MIDDLE-MEN, LEAVING US WITH VERY LITTLE.

NOW, WE ALL EARN FAIR, STABLE AND TRANSPARENT PRICES FOR OUR TRADE, AND EVEN HAVE ACCESS TO OTHER BENEFITS LIKE AN EMERGENCY MEDICAL FUND.