#31 Buena Vida Specialty Coffee's Gally Mayer on supporting ethical coffee farming

Buena Vida Specialty Coffee's Gally Meyer on (0:50) running one of the top coffee shops in North America, Central America and the Caribbean regions, (1:36) starting Buena Vida Specialty Coffee 6 years ago, (2:40) defining regenerative farming, (5:27) measuring regenerative farming at Buena Vida Specialty Coffee, (8:14) understanding regenerative agriculture and the ecosystem in which it works including 80% of farmers who live below the poverty line, (14:30) migrant coffee farm workers and major coffee companies who make money from the coffee industry, (16:20) three major coffee markets wherein 95-97% are not compensating coffee farmers fairly, (18:11) how Gally got her start with Buena Vida Specialty Coffee, (20:12) working closely as partners of coffee farms in Costa Rica, Panama and Colombia, (23:30) partnering with coffee shops and roasters throughout the U.S. and Europe and valuing relationships with both customers and partners, (24:38) her involvement with several documentaries including Kiss the Ground, Common Ground and Ground Swell to educate the public on regenerative farming, (27:14) attending Climate Week in New York, (28:20) her efforts to end the extraction model of underpaying coffee farmers and change the coffee industry by 2050. Links:  www.buenavida.coffeehttps://www.linkedin.com/company/buena-vida-only-regenerative/https://www.instagram.com/buenavida_specialtycoffeehttp://www.linkedin.com/in/gally-mayerhttp://www.kisstheground.comhttps://commongroundfilm.org/www.groundswellfilm.org   Find us on: www.instagram.com/socialgoodpod www.youtube.com/@SocialGoodPodcast https://open.spotify.com/show/6OBpddWHUqO1jGWsMHidmG https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/social-good-podcast/id1562812869 https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/435c2adf-d21c-42b6-8dd8-50132dd97fac/social-good-podcast Also by Soo Jung: Support me on my journey in building my charity dining app. Sign up for my waitlist at www.getyourbrighton.com