Café Etico was created by CoDevelopment Canada, a BC-based non-profit 25+ years ago. Since then, we have been buying directly from farmer associations in Latin America. Today, we continue to pay at least 20% over the fair trade minimum. 

Coffee partners

Café Etico is proud of its close relationship with its major partners: The Flor de Dalia Cooperative, The Pancasán Association of Coffee Producers (ACOPAN), and The Campesino Committee of the Highlands (CCDA). Café Etico continues to source its green beans from these partner farmer cooperatives.

Cafe Etico was one of the producers of the Ed Carswell 2019 documentary film “Cooperativa - La Lucha Sigue”. You can watch the full feature here.

Flor de Dalia Co-operative

Founded in 2004, this group now consists of 342 partners/growers (over 100 of them are women!). They are spread over 19 communities in the municipality of Tuma la Dalia, Matagalpa Department, Nicaragua.

Flor de Pancasán Co-operative

There are almost 300 members in this venture (104 are women and 195 are men). Since emerging in 2006 it now has an impact in 3 municipalities of the department of Matagalpa: Matiguás, Muy Muy and San Ramón.

The Campesino Committee of the Highlands (CCDA)

The CCDA is an indigenous peasant organization committed to social justice in Guatemala. The CCDA was founded in 1982 in response to rising human rights violations of Guatemala’s 36-year civil war.

Become a Partner

If you would like to partner with us, fill out the form below and one of our staff members will get back to you.