Over 800 smallholder producers
🇰🇪Kenya

Over 800 smallholder producers

Weithaga is a collective of over 800 smallholder coffee producers located in the Aberdare Mountain range of Kenya. These farmers contribute to a cooperative system that emphasizes precise milling protocols to produce high-quality coffee.

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History

The coffee is cultivated in the Aberdare Mountain range, a region noted for its ideal growing conditions including acidic soil and specific sunlight and rainfall patterns. The producers participate in the Kenyan cooperative system, which involves processing, milling, and selling their harvest through the Nairobi Coffee Exchange auction.

The farmer's day, in pictures

Editorial illustrations of the harvest and farm work our research documented — anonymous figures, never real likenesses.

Over 800 smallholder producers — coffee farmer illustration 1
Over 800 smallholder producers — coffee farmer illustration 2
Over 800 smallholder producers — coffee farmer illustration 3
Coffees by Over 800 smallholder producers