1.Communication Cooperative

 Create a communication platform that spreads the word and practices on regenerative farming.  In this space, everyone on the coffee value chain is represented, everyone is heard: all needs are met.  Everyone participates and feels included because the language is accessible for  everyone. 

2. Risk Sharing 

This will be a platform that connects roasters and farmers by ways of experimentation. A financial network of supporters will allow farmers to create the experiments designed by the roasters, without them taking any risks. 

3. Regen Coffee, back to nature

Prove how agroforestry grown coffee can offer a new scope over organic coffee. Prove how agroforestry can offer a better cup. 

4. The Forest Unit

 Design a step by step process that promotes agroforestry practices, motivated by financial incentives. This will be shared amongst neighbouring farmers to motivate them to switch certain practices. 

5. Relationships between Roasters and Producers/ Link  agroforestry with financial development

Roasters and producers experimenting together by developing an agroforestry project. By creating a baseline that enables the producers to evaluate how things were before and after the project, farmers will be able to measure what’s happening for themselves.  

6. Demonstration plot

By creating a community plot where farmers can communicate and experiment with regenerative farming, farm leaders will promote the benefits of agroforestry practices. 

7. Self-Sustaining farm, everything that a farmer needs is in his/her farm

 How to integrate other crops and animals? How do we deal with erosion? How would we regenerate the soil and retain water? How to increase knowledge? How are we going to communicate with the farmers? with the buyers? 

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