Say No to Nestle, No to Monocrops and No to Corporate Coffee
Last month Nestle, the second biggest food and beverage company in the world, announced plans to build a $154 million dollar coffee processing plant in Mexico. Despite earning $7.3 billion in profits last year, they are requesting that the Mexican government subsidize the planting of 80,000 hectares of Robusta coffee to supply their instant coffee production--and presumably help grow those profits.
February 3, 2019 | Source: Fair World Project | by
Last month Nestle, the second biggest food and beverage company in the world, announced plans to build a $154 million dollar coffee processing plant in Mexico. Despite earning $7.3 billion in profits last year, they are requesting that the Mexican government subsidize the planting of 80,000 hectares of Robusta coffee to supply their instant coffee production–and presumably help grow those profits.
Coffee farmers are taking a stand and saying no! Join them in calling on their government to stop supporting Big Food & more monoculture plantations and invest in better livelihoods for farmers instead.