Stories from the Field

Food 4 Farmers partners with Latin American coffee cooperatives and community-based organizations to strengthen local food systems in Mexico, Nicaragua, Guatemala and Colombia. GrainPro supports this mission through aid and better post-harvest solutions.

Geoffrey Krop Toung’ole has discovered the benefits of hermetic post-harvest solutions and is on a mission to educate his fellow smallholder farmers on the opportunities this technology brings, with the hope for a better life for his community and beyond.

Many people in the Philippines continue to live in poverty, and solving long-term agricultural problems would require new solutions. By adopting new farming technologies, overcoming these challenges doesn't have to be expensive.

In Pakistan, food insecurity impacts one out of five people. This is why Haji Sons Group works hard to make hermetic storage solutions available to smallholder farmers, so they can retain crop quality and maximize their income.

Nileshwari R. Yewle, a Doctoral student, knows proof comes from seeing results. So, after more than a year of research together with a team of scientists, they found out that hermetic bags are the superior storage technology in preserving the consistency and nutritional properties of turmeric rhizomes.

Driven by her passion for both coffee and her country, Diana Osorto helps smallholder coffee farmers adapt to new technologies that support their livelihood while promoting excellent quality.

Rafael Mier, a Mexican businessman, realized that keeping corn in Mexico's hot and humid climate was difficult. In his quest to promote corn production and consumption, he discovered GrainPro and the difference that this storage solution can make.

South Pacific Cacao, started by Brian Atkin and Jessica Pedemont, aims to support smallholder farmers and produce fine chocolate through quality preserved by GrainPro technology.

Swaleh, a Kenyan farmer, took a risk and waited for the results of using hermetic bags, and his life has changed since then.

Edwin Martinez is a third-generation coffee producer who is brewing good coffee and growing the family farm through tradition and innovative hermetic technology.

Change can be frightening. Learn how Julian and Heidi Zepeda’s endeavor of creating authentic and highly nutritious food has led them to discover the value of using hermetically sealed bags in preserving their corn grains to stay true to their promise of delivering nutritious food to their customers.

Dorcas Jepkorir, a Kenyan smallholder farmer and mother of three, discovered the true value of using hermetic post-harvest solutions in preserving her maize.

From a small sign in Queens, New York to a successful venture in the coffee industry, The Coffee Bros. has gone a long way. Discover how using hermetically sealed bags has helped them in establishing their foundation of sustainability, quality, consistency, and freshness.