Our sustainability thrives in our partnership with a major coffee farmers association in Africa; Central Coffee Farmers Association (CECOFA), who maintains presence in many parts of Africa. CECOFA, whose head office is in Uganda, is a coffee growers association, which commenced operations in the Wakiso District in Central Uganda in 2005, and today has significant spread across the continent. With a pool in excess of 13,500 coffee farmers and growing, the organization has partnered with our company as their distribution point in the USA for coffee beans produced by the cooperative.

CECOFA is certified to trade in Fair Trade Uganda, Fair Trade International and 4C.

Our goal is to warehouse coffee beans produce in the United States in order to fulfill domestic purchase orders in an expeditious manner at any given time; whether in monthly fixed-price deliveries or term contract purchase spread.

In providing this point-of-sale for CECOFA in the continental USA, we take over international shipping risks that our clients in the country would otherwise have assumed. In doing so, we eliminate a key and expensive logistic burden on the US buyer, while adding value and cost-cutting incentives to coffee buyers in the country.

Because of this transatlantic pool of expertise and our single market purpose, we bring a deeply unique commitment to the US coffee industry. With no other business distractions, we are dedicated to receiving and delivering coffee in the most timely manner, in the quality and quantity desired, while easing supply-side fluctuations through appropriate market, risk and contract management.

The bulk of coffee beans supplied by CECOFA are natural Robusta coffee grown in the vicinity of the shores of Lake Victoria. The harvest is red ripe cherries, which are dried naturally under the sun. The dried coffee beans are subsequently hulled to CECOFA's coffee factory, where they are graded and exported.

CECOFA invests heavily in quality management, traceability and coffee farming sustainability programs with a quality control laboratory and trainings in GAPs.

Our Coffees are traceable to our supply chains, with verifiable Chain of Custody proof. We Import green coffee beans from registered and identifiable farmers' cooperatives in various countries in Africa for sale in the USA. We roast some of the coffee beans in our facilities in the USA for domestic trading and worldwide export.

We also export green coffee beans directly from Africa to other country destinations globally.

Supply Chain Management:

We are proactively involved in managing green coffee production outlets across many supply chains in Africa. We provide consultations for the pooling of resources by various local farming groups, the integration of supply channels by the regional cooperatives, and investment opportunities for expansion. This management initiative ensures supply sustainability, traceable coffees, and seamless implementation of mission-driven projects.

We provide periodic trainings to our pool of farmers to internalize good agricultural practices and post-harvest handling in order to maintain high quality coffee beans.

We provide gender-based training initiatives designed to empower women in Africa to effectively participate in the coffee-farming business.

We encourage youths to maintain coffee farms through the sponsorship of sporting events at local levels.

Through CECOFA's community and social responsibility programs, our partnership reaches out to various coffee growing communities to address communal needs, such as water, sanitation, environmental protection, health care and infrastructure development.

Our pool of farmers are trained to protect the environment through programs like tree-planting, soil protection, energy conservation, and minimization of crop contamination.

Our partner, CECOFA is certified to trade in Fair Trade Uganda, Fair Trade International, Coffee Global Platform, and 4C. We are always willing to work with other popular certifiers upon request by potential buyers.