🇰🇪Kenya
New Ngariama Farmers Cooperative Society
The New Ngariama Farmers Cooperative Society is a cooperative organization based in Kirinyaga, Kenya, that manages the Kamwangi Factory. The cooperative supports approximately 1,500 to 1,800 smallholder farmers who cultivate coffee on the volcanic slopes of Mount Kenya.
Farm: Kamwangi Factory →History
The Kamwangi Factory was established in 1975 and is one of three washing stations currently managed by the New Ngariama Farmers Cooperative Society. The cooperative has grown to oversee multiple facilities, including the Kainamui and Mathigira factories, to process coffee for its members.
The farmer's day, in pictures
Editorial illustrations of the harvest and farm work our research documented — anonymous figures, never real likenesses.
Coffees by New Ngariama Farmers Cooperative Society