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“ A couple of years ago, we identified that we wanted to increase activity at our origins. Our coffee and commercial teams visit our origins two to three times a year and they’ re always treated very well by the local communities who don’ t have an awful lot. We’ ve always given money and recompensed them so that they’ re not spending their hard-earned money on us. During one particular visit, we funded a project in Burundi to build a reservoir, as the community were walking up to six hours a day to get fresh water. That reservoir now supplies fresh water to 2000 homes and a local school; it’ s mind-blowing how big of a difference it’ s made to the community,” Ian says, sharing one of Lincoln & York’ s most recent humanitarian projects.
Climate-resilient varieties
Turning to environmental efforts, Ian is thrilled to highlight Lincoln & York’ s support for World Coffee Research: a global nonprofit committed to securing the future of coffee farming.“ Statistics from World Coffee Research state that coffee demand is set to double by 2050, whilst sustainable land may decline by 50 percent. Climate has a big effect in the origins that we buy coffee from, so if we don’ t do something now, we won’ t have the coffee that we need in the future,” he continues.“ We’ ve partnered with World Coffee Research for many years now. The organization is trying to develop climateresilient coffee varieties, and the scale at which they’ re developing is amazing. We’ re one of their largest contributors in the UK and it’ s something we’ re very proud of.”
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