HILO’s BLOG
Costs increase. And prices too?
A message from Hilo, as it is adapting. The market of coffee is unstable and very good at exploiting the coffee producers. Over time, prices for farmers soar sky-high, and…
Hilo Systems Practice
“The sustainability challenges we face on the planet are multifaceted, complex, and interconnected. Understanding them and addressing them effectively requires a holistic “systems” view that is still largely absent from…
Colombia’s Domestic Reference Price for coffee hits a historic high
July 27 was a historic day for coffee producers in Colombia, as the domestic reference price for parchment coffee reached an all-time high of 1,905,000 COP per carga. Just 2…
For tax-free fairly traded coffee!
We are glad to introduce and show our support to a very important initiative here in our HILO-Blog. We have ONE Germany as guests to tell us more about their…
2020, a year in learnings.
We asked five of Hilo's team members to share their reflections about this unusual year, and which learnings do they take from it. Martín. This year left me with so…
Un hilo del que tirar.
A short story about our visit to Jardín in December 2019, by André Volpato. 1. A small step into the future. Martín cuts his monologue short, suddenly aware of his…
Hilo, Fresh Coffee News 2020
Hilo began 2020 full of positive energy.After talking to many experienced people within the coffee business, we crunched our business plan numbers, worked on our roadmap for this year, and…
What a year for Hilo!
Hola!This year marked a great start for Hilo, and you are receiving this email because you were directly responsible for our success so far. We want to share a retrospective…
Social Project “Jardín un Municipio Lector”
Jardin un Municipio Lector | The educational project supported by HiloBy Patricia Arroyave (translated by Martín Rojas Arboleda) Why is an educational project supporting a transformation important? The project “Jardín…
Interview with Giraldo coffee family
Last October, our dear friend Andrea Bedoya, a design researcher with a special interest in sustainable food systems who collaborates with the Hilo network, visited Colombia. We thought it would…
