NESTLA experimental & demo farm trains coffee farmers for better yield.
Quality products, after all, can only be as good as the raw materials they are made of. The Nestle Experimental & Demonstration Farm (NEDF) in Tagum, Davao del Sur provides technologically-advanced farming tools & methods to coffee farmers to ensure that only the high quality coffee beans goes into...

Specialty coffee consumption grows 20%.
Specialty coffee consumption is growing at a high of 20 percent compared to total industry's growth of 3 percent only as more and more Filipino prefer roasted and ground coffee than instant coffee. Pacita Juan, co-chair of the Philippine Coffee Board told reporters that more Filipinos prefer...

Firm considering production of organic gourmet coffee.
CEBU CITY -- A Filipino-owned coffee shop chain is studying the possibility of producing organic gourmet coffee in the Philippines in anticipation of a growing consumer demand for organic beverages. The foundation arm of Figaro Coffee Systems Inc. plans to pioneer the selling of organic coffee products...

Commerce graduate succeeds in coffee production in Cavite.
Apolonio Belamide of Silang, Cavite, has planted and traded Robusta coffee for more than 30 years. Like most of his relatives and neighbors in Barangay Pook, Belamide is a second-generation coffee farmer and has been one all throughout his adult life. On an average year,...

NestlA[c] Philippines issues report on sustainable CSR initiatives.
NestlA[c] Philippines, Inc. (NPI) recently released an in-depth report on its sustainable corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives. Titled "Nurturing Filipinos, Enhancing the Quality of Life, the report details outreach programs conducted by NestlA[c] in the Philippines in six areas of endeavor: (1) environmental protection; (2) assistance to...

Young farmer to rehabilitate family's neglected coffee farm.
Armed with competent training on coffee farming through the help of leading coffee brand Nescafe, 26-year-old Donald Nueva Ecija from Sultan Kudarat hopes to revive the family's not-so-productive coffee farm. An industrial engineering graduate, Nueva Ecija plans to apply what he learned from his free three-day coffee...

Local Nestle ties up with USAID to boost training of coffee farmers.
At present, the Philippines' largest coffee bean buyer Nestle has started a coffee specialist training program for local governments' extension workers all over Mindanao and Visayas. This is under the Philippine Environmental Governance 2 (Ecogov2) project funded by the USAID. Local government units (LGUs) that are sending...

Cavite town bares plan to set world record in coffee toast in 2008 festival.
Byline: MANDY FRANCISCO AMADEO, Cavite -- This coffee-producing town is planning to set a world record next year. This was announced by Amadeo Mayor Albert O.J. Ambagan during the celebration of the 6th annual Pahimis Festival here last Monday. Cavite Gov. Ayong S....

Absolution in your cup: the real meaning of fair trade coffee.
OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA, 1990: A mundane meeting of coffee cognoscenti dissolves into a spectacular clash of personalities. The Specialty Coffee Association of America (SCAA) represented an undeveloped but rapidly growing industry, a loose collection of young entrepreneurs just learning the gourmet coffee trade. The three-day conference was meant to hash...