As the largest specialty coffee company in the world, we believe it is our responsibility to use our size for good.
Who is Starbucks?
100
This approach serves Starbucks by creating an incentive for farmers to improve quality and increase production.
What is paying premium prices that high-quality Arabica coffee deserves?
100
It empowers smallholder farmers belonging to cooperatives to invest in their farms and communities, protect the environment, and develop the business skills necessary to compete in the global marketplace
What is Fairtrade Certification?
100
Old MacDonald had one of these (E.I.E.I.O).
What is a Farm?
100
Local farm conditions hit a setback in 1999 when this island nation sought independence from Indonesia.
What is East Timor?
200
Our commitment to doing business in ways that are good for people and the planet
What is Starbucks Shared Planet?
200
They are a non-profit social investment fund that is pioneering finance for grassroots businesses in rural farming areas of developing countries.
Who is Root Capital?
200
The organization that coordinates Fairtrade labeling at an international level.
What is Fairtrade Labeling Organizations International, or FLO?
200
They provide on the ground support to farmers to ensure they are continuing to improve coffee quality and sustainability through C.A.F.E. practices.
What are Farmer Support Centers (FRCs)?
200
Starbucks has generated funds equivalent to more than 14 million days of medicine through the sale of these products.
What are (Starbucks) RED Products?
300
"Green" building practices are defined by this.
What is LEED certified?
300
Coffee-buying guidelines created to ensure we are purchasing high quality coffee produced in socially and environmentally responsible ways.
What are C.A.F.E. Practices?
300
The time by which 100% of coffee sold in EMEA stores is Fairtrade Certified.
What is FY2010?
300
The year we expanded our on the ground support to Africa in Kagali, Rawanda.
What is 2008?
300
They are conducting a study to analyze the characteristics of education in coffee-producing communities
Who are Save The Children?
400
It's defined as 12 - 50 hectares
What is a medium farm?
400
Coffee is referred to as this when pesticides, herbicides, fungicides, or chemical fertilizers are used during growing, harvesting, and processing.
What is organic?
400
The year we increased our annual purchase of Fair Trade Certified coffee to 19 Million Pounds.
What is FY2008?
400
Our first Starbucks Farmer Support Center opened here in 2004.
What is San Jose, Costa Rica?
400
They make up the acronym BLEND, an organization that helps families living in the central highlands region of Aceh Provence in Sumatra, Indonesia
What are Better Living, Education, Nutrition, and Development?
500
They combine both farming and processing in one location.
What is an Estate?
500
Our relationship began in Mexico when we collaborated to protect the El Triunfo Biosphere Reserve.
What is Conservation International (CI)?
500
They engage people worldwide in scientific field research and education to promote the understanding and action necessary for a sustainable environment.
What is the EarthWatch Institute?
500
He is the director of agronomy at the Farmer Support Center in Costa Rica.
Who is Carlos Mario Rodriguez?
500
Starbucks is supporting the Dukundekawa Musasa Cooperative in Rwanda in partnership with this organization.