This a great article and video from Starbucks 1912 Pike, their newsletter and the address of their first store in Seattle.

The high-quality coffee so many of us love is getting harder and harder to grow. Especially for the small farmers that make up the majority of the world’s producers. They’re dealing with rising production costs, weather change and diseases like coffee rust that can devastate an entire crop.

To better understand these challenges, and how to help these farmers, Starbucks put itself in their shoes. In 2013, the company bought its first coffee farm: Hacienda Alsacia in Costa Rica.

The mission of the farm isn’t to supply Starbucks with coffee. It’s to help ensure the future of coffee — for everyone.

Read the entire article and more here