Sri Lanka

Report: Sustainability Must Be Embedded Into Core Buying Practices to Drive Change

A new “living document” from the civil-society coalition VOCAL Coffee Alliance argues that project-based corporate sustainability is doing little to shift value chain imbalances and promote long-term sustainable coffee...

2026.02.06

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Three Questions with Dilshan “Arty” Ranaweera of Cafe Secret Alley in Sri Lanka

When Dilshan “Arty” Ranaweera opened Cafe Secret Alley in Kandy, Sri Lanka, in 2017, he knew next to nothing about coffee. “Sri Lanka didn’t have a coffee culture,” Ranaweera said....

2025.12.20

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Sumatra Coffee Farmers See Gains Through Agroforestry and Organic Fertilizer

Farmers in Indonesia’s Lampung province are making their own organic fertilizer in order to lessen reliance on volatile external supply chains. They’ve also diversified the number of crops they grow,...

2024.01.25

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