Regenerative Organic Blend

Introducing Regenerative Organic Blend, created with coffees grown using regenerative farming practices that heal the earth. This seasonally evolving blend supports a farming method that revitalizes soil health, promotes biodiversity, and fights climate change.

This iteration is built around a coffee produced by members of Cooperativa de Servicios Múltiples Sacaclí, a non-profit organization established in 1994 by producers of the Sacaclí community in the Jinotega region of Nicaragua. The group focuses on self-sustainable development, the continuous improvement of the quality of life for its members, and gender equity. Currently, Cooperativa Sacaclí has 537 members, of which 93 are women.

We then added a coffee produced on family-owned farms organized around Asociación de Productores Agropecuarios de Santa Rosa (ASPRASAR). ASPRASAR is a producer association with 94 members who live in and around the town of Saldaña, a municipality in the department of Tolima, Colombia. ASPRASAR was founded in 2016 and works in collaboration with an export company called Lohas Beans to establish connections in the specialty coffee market. This relationship has increased the income of the group’s members, enabling them to reinvest in their farms, provide for their families, and increase the quality of the coffee they produce. Lohas Beans has also helped producers gain access to technical support for best agricultural practices and innovative coffee processing methods.

A relatively new and all encompassing certification, Regenerative Organic Certified® (ROC®), combines aspects of both Organic and Fair Trade certifications.

Climate change is disproportionately affecting the tropical and subtropical regions where coffee is grown:

- 50% of global land area suitable for coffee production may be lost by 2050 due to climate change

- 60% of coffee species are considered at high risk of extinction

- 25M smallholder coffee growers are at risk of losing their primary source of income due to declining coffee yields

Regenerative agriculture--a practice of holistic farming where everything is seen as interconnected and vital--can build resilience to mitigate the effects of climate change and protect the future of coffee and our planet. ROC was established in 2017 to promote holistic agriculture practices in an all-encompassing certification that champions three pillars:

Soil Health & Land Management
Animal Welfare
Farmer & Worker Fairness