Uganda FW AA/AB FTO - Bukonzo Joint Cooperative

This is a fully washed grades AA/AB Fair Trade and Organic Certified Coffee from the Bukonzo Joint Cooperative in Uganda. Bukonzo Joint is a member-owned co-op operating 5.500 small farms in the Rwenzori Mountains of western Uganda. Among these memebers, 83% are women and has grown from 11 original member groups in 1999 to 72 groups today. This group formed as a direct response to obstacles facing the poor and isolated farming communities of the region - many of which found themselves marginalized due to war, poverty, and a lack of connective infrastructure. These coffees are grown at an elevation of 1400-2200 masl across the following coutnies: Kyarumba, Kyondo, Kisinga, Lake Katwe, Maliba, and Mahango.