Kahawa 1893 prioritizes small producers and premium beans, while also offering consumers a virtual pot to support its suppliers When she was a child growing up in , Margaret Nyamumbo learned about a custom that took place on her grandfathers coffee farm: every few weeks, the women who worked there would gather around a table and drop money into a large pot. Anyone who had contributed had the right to later retrieve funds in the form of a small loan. This so-called system, which is a custom in Kenya, helped women involved in the trade support one another. Kenyan women, who historically are denied land ownership and therefore the ability to take out loans, provide 90% of labor on coffee farms but own just 1% of the land.
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