Checkoff Partner Spotlight: Grounds for Health
Within the coffee sector, progress rarely comes from one organization alone. Instead, it’s driven by a patchwork of nonprofits, cooperatives, and initiatives — each with its own priorities, funding structures, and areas of impact. From farmer training programs to sustainability projects to community health efforts, these groups collectively shape the future of coffee. One funding […]
Check Out Checkoffs
What Is a Checkoff? In many industries, some of the most valuable work happens outside the supply chain. Think of iconic campaigns like “Got Milk?” or “Beef. It’s What’s for Dinner.” These were funded by trade associations that assessed fees on producers — sometimes mandatory, sometimes voluntary — to support collective marketing, lobbying, research, technical […]
Join Us in a Pride Month Fundraiser!
We’re joining our friends and partners at Glitter Cat Barista and Go Fund Bean for a Pride Fundraiser in support of Julien Langevin (they/them) and Veronica Pearl, and we’re seeking coffee and coffee-adjacent businesses to participate: Please email ericjamesongrimm@gmail.com or chelsey.walker-watson@nkg.coffee if you want to participate or have more questions!
Sustainable Price Assurance
For the past couple of years while the NY coffee commodity market level has averaged below 130 usc/lb we’ve been focused on how Atlas and our roaster clients can better support our producer partners. Roasters understand that their own companies couldn’t stay in business if forced to sell roasted coffee at a price below cost […]
Funding Women’s Healthcare in Kenya
Sometimes the greatest fortunes come from the most unexpected encounters. In 2015, two University of Washington (UW) staff who had never previously met happened to sit down next to each other at a green coffee grading workshop at the Specialty Coffee Association (SCA) Expo in Seattle. Joseph Maurey is the manager of UW’s “Husky Grind” […]
Atlas Relationships Celebrated at Re:co Symposium 2018
Atlas at Re:co Symposium To experience coffee service at Re:co and Expo from afar, follow @atlas_coffee For the first time, Re:co Symposium has curated their coffee service to highlight the work of an importer, and we are thrilled to partner with the Barista Guild of America in selecting a menu of coffees to illuminate several of […]
Honduras Las Capucas + Alliance for Resilient Coffee – March 2018
Each March we look forward to spending a few weeks with our producer partners in Honduras. The COCAFCAL cooperative in Las Capucas, Copan is one of our longest-standing producer relationships, and 2018 marks the 11th (ELEVENTH!) year of COCAFCAL’s “Te Van a Conocer, Compa!” micro-lot competition. COCAFCAL has created a coffee eco-tourism oasis in the […]
La Marzocco Cafe Residency–Thank You!
Atlas Residency at La Marzocco Café Thank you to our partners! Serving as the last resident of the La Marzocco Café was an outstanding experience for everyone at Atlas, and we are so incredibly grateful for the opportunity! We strive to be good and to do good in supporting coffee producers, coffee roasters, and […]
What a difference a year makes
Coffee can sure break your heart sometimes. In January of 2015, we received a slew of samples via our partners at Twin from a new cooperative they were starting to work with in the the Democratic Republic of Congo, though their Joint Marketing Initiative (JMI) and gender equity program. The cooperative is located in the Ituri region […]
Women-Produced Coffee Survey – The Results are In!
This April, Atlas coordinated with Twin (a partner organization of ours) to survey our customers about their thoughts on women-produced coffee in the specialty coffee industry. Twin has recently published their findings in a full report, which they’ve made accessible online here along with a very informative Twin report called “Women’s Coffee Bringing Greater Gender Justice,” which can […]