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Kenyan Young Farmers Visiting LYF’s Not Just Us groups in Yorkshire

03/05/2011 – 9:37 pm

Article in the Huddersfield Examiner about our Not just Us…

By Ian Agnew | Posted in Not Just Us, Project News | Also tagged Africa, coffee, coffee trade, enterprise, entrepreneur, Kenya, nyeri, smallholders, social enterprise, trade justice, Trade not Aid, tradejustice, young farmers, youth, youth enterprise | Comments (0)

Coffee Farmers “Benefit” from Higher Prices

01/05/2011 – 8:25 pm

This article, about payouts to farmers in Kenya for their…

By Ian Agnew | Posted in Black Gold Foundation, Farmer Extension Programme | Also tagged Africa, African farmers, Black gold, Black Gold Movie, Blackgold, coffee, coffee trade, ethical trade, fair trade, fairtrade, Kenya, Lorna Young Foundation, LYF, smallholder, smallholders, trade justice, Trade not Aid | Comments (0)

The future of African agriculture: Can smallholders be the answer?

24/04/2011 – 10:03 pm

This is an insightful and challenging article from a policy…

By Ian Agnew | Posted in Farmer Extension Programme, Latest News | Also tagged Africa, African farmers, APPG, coffee, Ethiopia, FAO, poverty, smallholder, smallholders, trade justice, Trade not Aid, tradejustice | Comments (0)

Coffee Farmers High Coffee Prices but Poor Harvests

31/03/2011 – 11:13 pm

This interesting article from Uganda contrasts the record high coffee…

By Ian Agnew | Posted in Black Gold Foundation, Farmer Extension Programme | Also tagged Africa, African farmers, APPG, Black gold, Blackgold, capacity building, coffee, coffee shops, coffee trade, fairtrade, Lorna Young Foundation, LYF, smallholder, smallholders, tradejustice, uganda | Comments (0)

Gates Foundation work on Women smallholders features the LYF

27/03/2011 – 5:30 pm

The Gates Foundation has been leading best-practice research on how…

By Ian Agnew | Posted in Farmer Extension Programme, Project News | Also tagged Africa, African farmers, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Bill Gates, capacity building, coffee trade, ethical trade, Gates Foundation, Kenya, Lorna Young Foundation, LYF, smallholder, smallholders, trade | Comments (0)

Shedding Light on the Ethiopian Coffee Industry

27/03/2011 – 5:06 pm

This article from an Ethiopian journal is not the easiest…

By Ian Agnew | Posted in Black Gold Foundation, Latest News | Also tagged Africa, African farmers, Black gold, Black Gold Movie, Blackgold, coffee, coffee trade, fairtrade, Lorna Young Foundation, OCFCU, Oromia Coffee Farmer Cooperative, smallholder, smallholders, starbucks, trade, trade justice, tradejustice | Comments (0)

Cristina Talens – March Progress on the Smallholder support Programme

23/03/2011 – 11:01 pm

March 2011 – Cristina Talens provides an update on our…

By Ian Agnew | Posted in Farmer Extension Programme, Latest News, Project News | Also tagged Africa, African farmers, Ambo, capacity building, coffee, coffee trade, education, enterprise, Ethiopia, Kenya, Lorna Young Foundation, LYF, OCFCU, Oromia Coffee Farmer Cooperative, smallholder, smallholders, trade justice, Trade not Aid | Comments (0)

Talking to Africa Gateway about how we can roll out our smallholder training to address climate change

23/03/2011 – 10:54 pm

Dr Rosalind Cornforth from Reading University is a Research Fellow…

By Ian Agnew | Posted in Farmer Extension Programme, Project News | Also tagged Africa, African farmers, capacity building, climate change, coffee, coffee trade, enterprise, ethical trade, Ethiopia, Kenya, Lorna Young Foundation, LYF, Reading University, Rockefeller Foundation, Smallholder support network, trade justice, tradejustice, training | Comments (0)

Our Friends at the Oromo Coffee Company Enjoy More Success

19/03/2011 – 10:21 am

Our great friends and colleagues at the OCC are celebrating…

By Ian Agnew | Posted in Black Gold Foundation, Lorna Young Foundation Enterprise | Also tagged Africa, African farmers, Black gold, capacity building, coffee, coffee shops, coffee trade, ethical trade, Ethiopia, fairtrade, Lorna Young Foundation, OCC, OCFCU, Oromia Coffee Farmer Cooperative, Oromo, Oromo Coffee Company, St Albans Abbey, trade justice, Trade not Aid | Comments (0)

Read about our Wonderful John Lewis Volunteer Hannah

17/03/2011 – 10:45 pm

For 6 months, up to February this year, we’ve had…

By Ian Agnew | Posted in Latest News | Also tagged African farmers, coffee trade, enterprise, ethical consumer, John Lewis Partnership, Lorna Young Foundation, LYF, trade justice, tradejustice | Comments (0)