{"id":32,"date":"2017-11-14T16:29:57","date_gmt":"2017-11-14T16:29:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/saffroncoffee.com\/?page_id=32"},"modified":"2020-12-01T15:41:53","modified_gmt":"2020-12-01T15:41:53","slug":"our-people","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/saffroncoffee.com\/our-people\/","title":{"rendered":"Our People"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n    Our People\n\t<a href=\"\/\/www.facebook.com\/SaffronCoffee\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/saffroncoffee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/saffron-facebook.jpg\" alt=\"Facebook\" \/><\/a>\n<a href=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/explore\/tags\/saffroncoffee\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/saffroncoffee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/saffron-insta.jpg\" alt=\"Instagram\" \/><\/a>\n<a href=\"\/\/saffroncoffee.com\/our-cafe\/#contact-us-footer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/saffroncoffee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/saffron-email-us.jpg\" alt=\"Email Us\" \/><\/a>\n<h1>\n\t\tOur Direct to Farmer<br \/>Engagement Model\n\t<\/h1>\n\tLaos&#8217; mountainous villages are perfect locations to grow coffee but also extremely difficult to access, so Saffron Coffee has adopted a Direct to Farmer engagement model. It is more involved than just direct trade because we are ultimately assisting smallholder famers on a path from poverty into choice.\nCoffee cherries are directly traded and sustainably sourced from Khmu, Hmong, Mien, and Gasak people groups. Saffron Coffee is cultivated, planted over 800 metres above sea level, organically shade-grown, hand-picked, processed, hulled, graded, hand-sorted, and roasted in northern Laos.\nEvery family has a micro plot of shade grown coffee and is offered coffee sprouts or seedlings to increase production each year. Saffron offers ongoing training in crop maintenance and tree care, and guarantees the purchase of all ripe coffee cherries produced by its farmers.\n<h1>\n\t\tCompany Director\n\t<\/h1>\n\tTodd Moore (married to Jessica with three children) has been working with Saffron for 10 years and has been its&#8217; Director for 5 years. Fluent in Lao language, the majority of Todd&#8217;s work involves connecting with farmers, training and equipping Lao staff, as well as the somewhat large task of running the company. Todd has a history of farming, and a Masters in Intercultural Studies.\n<h1>\n\t\tMeet Our Farmers\n\t<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/saffroncoffee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/farmer-1-io.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2><\/h2>\n\nSieng-Un\n78 years with a family of ten\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/saffroncoffee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/farmer-2-io.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2><\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u00a0\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\nNien\n71 years with a family of five\n<h1>\n\t\tPartnerships\n\t<\/h1>\n<p>A range of formal and informal partnerships exist that help Saffron:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>assist with establishing coffee cooperatives in remote locations<\/li>\n<li>educate existing farmers in Arabica coffee cultivation<\/li>\n<li>provide ongoing assistance with sprouts, trees, and cultivation<\/li>\n<li>guarantee purchase of coffee at harvest (provide a consistent market for the coffee)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1>\n\t\tWho We Work With\n\t<\/h1>\n\t<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wcs.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Wildlife Conservation Society<\/a> &#8211; working with Saffron to introduce coffee into 5\u00a0villages bordering a wildlife protection zone in Houaphan province as a crop that\u00a0has positive environmental impact as well as bringing a good income to farmers.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldvision.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">World Vision<\/a> &#8211; partnering with Saffron in low income villages<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cirad.fr\/en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CIRAD<\/a> (French Agricultural Research and Development Organisation) &#8211; approached\u00a0Saffron to help develop and purchase coffee from villages that had formally contracted\u00a0with a company that had gone out of business. This left these villages without a buyer\u00a0for their produce.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldrenew.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">World Renew<\/a> (North American development agency) &#8211; approached Saffron to purchase\u00a0coffee from two villages in Phongsali province and assist other villages in the area to\u00a0switch to Arabica coffee.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oxfam.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Oxfam<\/a> &#8211; Improving Transboundary Responsible Agri-business on Land Governance\u00a0project &#8211; Oxfam is working with Saffron Coffee to learn about our experiences and\u00a0identify our needs, to help improve policies and practices on social development and\u00a0land-related issues.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.giz.de\/en\/html\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Luang Prabang Technical Vocational College &amp; GIZ (a German NGO) Dual-Cooperative\u00a0Training Program<\/a>. Saffron partners with the College to provide vocational training for\u00a0three students in the &#8220;Food \/ Beverage Service and Food Production Professionals&#8221;\u00a0course over the next 3 years.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our People Our Direct to FarmerEngagement Model Laos&#8217; mountainous villages are perfect locations to grow coffee but also extremely difficult to access, so Saffron Coffee has adopted a Direct to Farmer engagement model. 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