Sustainable Harvest Impact Report

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2011 Impact Report


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A Yearo Impact

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table of contents

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15 Exp d g Re h

17 Le T k C ee

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Cover photo Clay Enos

Kim Cook

david griswold

Founder and President

Sustainable Harvest Cofee Importers


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Trans orming theCofee Industry

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Our suppliers, our customers,and our company are moresuccessful because the Relationship Coee modelinvests in farmer training andcommunity development atorigin.

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For every dollar SustainableHarvest earns rom cofee sales:

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In 2011, Sustainable Harvest purchased$73.3 million of coee from farmerorganizations at a price that averaged$0.65 higher thanthe C market.

And, we invested

nearly one-third of our annual earningsin training programsand services for oursuppliers.

We also raised $1.49million in grant funding from publicand private donors.


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Connecting at Origin

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Sustainable Harvest has grown 41% annually since 1997, proving the business case for Relationship Coee andscaling our impact.

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We conduct our business at origin, empowering our partners tomake decisions that bring them long-term economic benets.

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Cooperatives know

that Sustainable

Harvest is a long-

term business partner.

Relationship Cofee

This year Sustainable

Harvest opened its

sixth o ce at origin.

In 2011, Sustainable

Harvest taught

197 people how to

taste their cofee

and provided risk

management

seminars in 3

countries.

4

Roasters receive

consistent quality

year a ter year.

Feedback rom

all parties allows

everyone to improve

and target training.

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the quality arrivesThe ee e e e ve

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access to credit S b e H ve d e

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2 transparent contracts Emp e ed h he k edge m ke g d b e de ,

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Strengthening the Supply Chain at Every Step

Sustainable Harvest

bought millions o

pounds o co ee

rom14 countries

in 2011.

For the last 3

years, Sustainable

Harvests customers

have won Roaster

o the Year rom

Roast Magazine.

379 growers, roasters,

and nanciers met at

Lets Talk Cofee 2011

to discuss business

details and oster strong

relationships.

In 2011, 55%

o suppliers

contracts were

pre-nanced

by banking

institutions.


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Our investment in cofee quality results ina consistent product and reliable volume,the basis or a cooperative to engage ina long-term business relationship with aroaster customer.

Quality


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Teaching producers to evaluatethe quality of their coee givesthem the tools to grow, select,and deliver the exact lots thatroasters are looking for.

In 2011, Sustainable Harvesttrained 197 cuppers worldwide.



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With the Relationship InformationTracking System (RITS), SustainableHarvest tracks all of its coee back tohe producers to foster relationships

and measure impact.

Traceability

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Training

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n 2011, our capacity-building initiatives supported the long-termiability of small-scale coee producers in the global coee market.

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drip irrigation project in tanzania

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Essau NtilampebhaKibwigwa Village

Prior to drip irrigation, a small ploto hal an acre would provide ameager harvest. With drip irrigation,we realized that even in a small ploto 15 meters by 15 meters, we canbene t a lot.


Sustainable Harvest has developed anetwork o the best experts and toolsavailable to help cofee armers achievesustainable livelihoods. Our long-termbusiness presence at origin puts us in anideal position to bring this expertise tocofee communities.

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Expanding ReachWe used technology and peer training in 2011 to scale the numberf farmers who beneted from our training programs.

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Peer Trainers: Spreading Great Ideas


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My neighbors come here and aresurprised with how my crop lookslike and ask me how I am treating it. I talk to them ab out composting.

And i they want, I teach them. Andwhoever is doing it is saying thattheir crops are coming up like mine.

Mr. Mushi


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agricultural apps of 2011 by USAIDs Global Broadband Initiative.

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Let's Talk Cofee


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ustainable Harvests Lets Talk Coee event broughtundreds of roasters and growers together for directonversations in an innovative, transparent forum.


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A look at 15 years of innovation.

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History

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A Vision for 2012


The future of co ee is in personal connections.

improve farm yields toincrease incomesWe he p g e e e

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In 2012, we will continue tobring people together acrossorganizations and countriesto harness the power o thehuman side o our business.

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