Taste the Swarm of Life: AgroEco Coffee Invitation
Breezy Green Legacy
The Gift that Keeps on Giving
In Memory and Gratitude: Breezy (Elizabeth) Green
Breezy in Costa Rica.
Breezy Green first connected with CAN in 2002, when she met two Costa Rican coffee farmers from Coopepueblos Coffee Cooperative in Costa Rica. University
Youth Plant Seeds of Justice
Ashley Solis; photo courtesy Emily Cohen
Meet Ashley Solis, one of CAN’s youth leaders. Born in Watsonville, California, to Mexican migrant parents, Ashley juggles schoolwork with jobs in the agricultural fields and packing houses. Ashley knows first-hand what it means to live in the world’s largest producing area
Powerful Women Making Change Together
Women coffee farmers in the highlands of Veracruz, Mexico, planted a seed for justice when they collectively decided to create a feminist coffee brand, FEMCAFE. Since 2016, they have used funds from AgroEco’s Women’s Unpaid Labor Fund to make strategic investments in their cooperative and economically empower the women members.
Help Fund a Farmer Knowledge Exchange
CAN has partnered with Grow Ahead, to invest in the future of farming. Please join us! Help us fund a farmer exchange where 70 collaborators will identify promising practices for broader implementation and implement learnings on identifying the effectiveness of diversification strategies. Farmers will be
Film Screening to Benefit CAN
Join CAN at the Friday April 13 screening of Mark Kitchell’s new film, “The Evolution of Organic.” The film tracks the history of the organic food movement. Q&A and a panel of speakers, including CAN’s executive director Rose Cohen, follow the screening. This event is
Happy Life Forever – Lessons from Maddy Moore
Madeleine Clare Moore 1988-2015
Maddy was the student coordinator of Intercambio in 2011
and served as an integral part of CAN and FoCAN during her years at UC Santa Cruz.
During CAN’s 2017 Intercambio, held at UC Santa Cruz, the Moore family donated a beautiful mosaic table and benches as a memorial for their daughter/sister/friend,
The Power of Women to Bring About Change
What was a need to increase family incomes has grown to become a thriving, woman-owned business that has made new opportunities for others in the community.
Ercilia Lopez Martinez proudly hands a steaming cup of cappuccino to a customer. Recently trained as a barista, she’s also skilled at making mochas, caramel coffee, and milkshakes. Ercilia
2014 Challenge Grant Announced!
Help Us Turn $30,000 into $60,000!!
This year, generous contributions of $25,000 from the Crary Family Foundation and $5,000 from the Stocker Family Fund have increased our challenge grant to $30,000. Every dollar that you contribute will be matched up to $30,000. Please join us in supporting rural women and youth working toward a more just