Award in Sustainability

The SCAA (Specialty Coffee Association of America) hands out a Sustainability Award each year. The SCAA is the trade association for the specialty coffee industry, one of the fastest-growing food industries in the world. Specialty coffee — sometimes called "gourmet" or "premium" coffee — is grown in the world's most ideal coffee-producing climates and prepared according to exacting standards. One of the SCAA's primary functions is to set the industry's standards for growing, roasting and brewing. Members of the SCAA include coffee retailers, roasters, producers, exporters and importers, as well as manufacturers of coffee equipment and related products. This award recognizess specialty coffee companies that have created innovative projects to expand sustainability within the coffee world while inspiring others to initiate similiar endeavors. The award was handed out at the SCAA show in Charlotte, NC in early April. The winner? Sustainable Harvest Coffee Importers Sustainable Harvest Coffee Importers are green coffee importers of specialty coffees from the top organic and fair trade farms from around the world. Our customers are the most successful and quality-conscious roasters and retailers in North America. We created the Relationship Coffee importing model as a way to help small farmers of exemplary coffee survive the current coffee crisis. Our business model is based upon the foundation of transparency, sustainable prices based on quality, and facilitating direct contact between roasters and growers. Sustainable Harvest has alot going on to try and bring better lives to people in coffee growing regions. If you have not visited their site before, go check it out and see how you can get involved in the great stuff they are doing. ..be bold (Award information via Specialty Coffee Retailer Magazine) Tagged: Sustainable Harvest Coffee Importers, SCAA, Cafe Evoke, catering, coffee, espresso, tea, specialty coffee