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Rungeto Farmers Cooperative Society

Rungeto Farmers Cooperative Society owns and operates Kii Factory in Kirinyaga, Kenya. For Intelligentsia’s February 2024 release, a portion of Rungeto’s 850 members delivered cherry to Kii, where it was sorted, pulped, fermented, washed, and dried on raised beds.

Farm: Kii Factory →
TagsKii FactoryKenyaSL28SL34Ruiru 11Batian

History

Rungeto Farmers Cooperative Society was established in 1997 by 1,150 smallholder farmers who reorganized following the dissolution of the Ngariama Cooperative Society. The society operates three processing factories, Kii, Karimikui, and Kiangoi, which were originally constructed between 1965 and 1995 to serve local coffee growers on the slopes of Mount Kenya.

Published coffees linked to Rungeto Farmers Cooperative Society

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Research sources & verification

These source links were recorded for this producer profile. They provide a way to check the documented claims; the links do not independently establish each person's identity, current farm relationship or coffee lot.

Research last reviewed: 2026-10-28

  1. Source 1: intelligentsia.com
  2. Source 2: rungetocoffee.co.ke
  3. Source 3: sagebrushcoffee.com
  4. Source 4: fairtradeafrica.net
  5. Source 5: projectorigin.coffee
  6. Source 6: royalcoffee.com
  7. Source 7: interamericancoffee.de
  8. Source 8: eabeanco.com

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