I can't believe I have kept the Fair Trade Friday commitment for 3 whole weeks!

This week I present to you Cafe Femenino! Cafe Femenino (their website is linked HERE) is a Fair Trade coffee cooperative based out of Peru that is run entirely by women. I think it's a great idea. Not only do they pay for the Fair Trade beans, they do so in a way that empowers women in an area where women are economically marginalized.

The Cafe Femenino Foundation was featured in the documentary Strong Coffee: The Story of Cafe Femenino, which I saw at last years film festival in Calgary. The Foundation is based out of Vancouver, WA, and provides beans for several roasters in the Northwestern United States as well as Arizona and several Canadian provinces. The Foundation requires that a percentage of roastery profits go towards organizations in their hometowns that serve women. This is a way of serving communities, both in Peru and locally.

In Calgary, you can buy the beans at The House Coffee Sanctuary in Kensington. You can also get them at Grab-a-Java in Mission. Dave, the owner of Grab-a-Java, actually makes an appearance in the aforementioned documentary, as he is a roaster of Cafe Femenino beans. Pretty cool, especially if you love Grab-a-Java as much as I do!

Anyways, the coffee is good and so is the Foundation. If you currently need coffee beans, go get some! (Cafe Feminino ones, I mean.)