01/12/23

Sintercafé Costa Rica

 

The future of coffee starts with its origins…in Costa Rica, on ECOM managed farm Finca Pampa y Cielo, we are changing the way coffee is grown through the brilliant work of our local SMS team.  

 

Get inspired by watching the video below to see how we’re applying regenerative agricultural practices to make this the future of coffee. 

 

 

 

 

Food Ingredients Europe 2023

 

FIE 2023 took place in Frankfurt, where our Cocoa and global Nuts and Ingredients teams were on-site. 

 

With over 100 years of experience, our cocoa products are sought-after by some of the world’s largest food companies, as well as by hundreds of small- medium-sized food businesses. Our products are well-suited for applications within bakery, fillings, dairy, drinks and many more.

 

 

 

ACOM's Farmfit Fund with IDH

 

Last year, IDH Farmfit Fund provided a USD 1M loan to finance inputs and fertilisers to smallholder coffee farmers in ACOM’s supply chain. This summer IDH had the pleasure of visiting the program.

 

We are extremely proud to partner with IDH in the framework of a sustainable coffee supply chain project in Vietnam with the support of our SMS team. The project is leveraging both organizations' strengths for the benefit of small-scale coffee farmers and the environment.

 

Click here to watch the video and lean more about the project

 

 

 

5th World Coffee Conference

 

Vivek Gaur participated in the 5th World Coffee Conference (WCC) which was held at Bangalore Palace on the 23rd of September. This was the first time the WCC was held in Asia. 

 

Vivek had the opportunity to be one of the speakers, as he was invited by ICO to talk about "Coffee Trading Platform". He feels honored to have gotten an opportunity to share the panel with some key international delegates (including ICO chairman Fabio Pezzoti). 

 

In addition, Leena Bargavi (Q Grader) was selected as Head Jury for the Semifinal round of the Barista championship.

 

 

 

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