OUR MISSION


:: To help improve the lives of the farmers and their families

Our coffee comes primarily from various Indigenous Peoples (IP) of the Philippines.  With the help of Peacebuilders Community, an NGO whom we partner with, the IPs are trained to plant, grow, and process their Arabica coffee and civet coffee in accordance with world-class standards.  Coffee for Peace, then, buys their green beans at a fair traded price.

Most of the IPs in the Philippines are struggling to preserve their respective cultures, protect their ancestral lands, and to govern themselves in accordance with their various traditions.  The term they use to describe their vision of the future is "the right to self determination of the Indigenous Peoples."

Coffee for Peace is committed to support their journey towards achieving the IP's right to self determination.

:: To protect and enhance the environment

Coffee for Peace believes that economic-ecological transformation cannot be separated from peace building.  When we look at nature, we see an organic-relational world (in contrast to the modernistic mechanical-utilitarian worldview).  This is how the Indigenous Peoples of the Philippines see their environment and we are sharing their lenses.

The best coffee plants grow best under thick forests.  Coffee growing, this particular Indigenous People's way, is natural and environment-friendly.  As fellow stewards of our planet, we will respect traditional ways of preserving our natural environment.

Coffee for Peace is also sharing some of our ways to the Indigenous People of Mindanao in the spirit of mutual sharing and respect.  We seek to be both learners and teachers when we work with them.  We recognize that modern knowledge can be harmonized with traditional wisdom from many cultures, and that this harmonized learning will enrich our mutual growth and development.

We look up to our friends among the Indigenous Peoples of the Philippines as they model a view of peace and development in terms of harmony with their Creator (spiritual transformation), harmony with themselves (psycho-social transformation), harmony with others (social-political transformation), and harmony with the creation (ecological-economic transformation).