Guest episode: Vava Angwenyi & Jake Green - Gente del Futuro & coffee in Kenya
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Today’s episode is a guest episode by Vava Angwenyi & Jake Green. Jake is a photographer based in London, who also authored the book COFFEE KENYA - "KUNYWA JASHO LANGU". Vava is an entrepeneur who released a book called COFFEE MILK BLOOD, challenging the colonial narrative on coffee production. Vava is the founder of Vava coffee, a Kenyan coffee trading company - or social enterprice - focusing on creating positive social and economic change and to drive sustainability within the coffee industry. Furthermore, Vava is also co-founder of the project Gente del Futuro in an aim to drive producer profitability and next generation involvement. In this episode, Vava and Jake talk about how they first crossed paths and came to collaborate, they discuss issues in the industry and the power dynamics that exist within. Furthermore, they present how the project Gente del Futuro started, evolved and where it stands today. Big thank you to: Vava Angwenyi - @vavacoffeekenya on IG https://www.vavacoffeeinc.com Jake Green - @jakegreenstudio on IG To learn more about: Gente del Futuro - @gentefuturo on IG https://www.gente-delfuturo.com La Dulce Toro Cafe - Lamu - @ladulcetorolamu on IG To find the books mentioned in the episode: https://www.coffeemilkblood.com
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