The COVID-19 pandemic was a massive disruption to the coffee industry and supply chain, not only in consuming countries like Australia but also for producing countries such as Brazil.
The Minas Hill Foundation, the not-for-profit sister organisation to trader Minas Hill Coffee, says farmers suffered from declines in their businesses, problems with logistics, and friends and family contracting the coronavirus. It has worked through 2020 to provide resources and support to the producers of Brazil.
“Thanks to the benevolence of coffee roasters in Australia, many of these problems have been circumvented and a little sense of calm can be given to the heroes who produce much of the coffee consumed in Australia,” says Marcelo Brussi, Founder and CEO of the Minas Hill Foundation.
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