Here at Starbucks, our success especially for the future is directly linked to the success of the farmers who grow our coffee. With globally low coffee prices and coffee tree disease affecting many smallholder coffee farmers in Central America, we remain relentless in our efforts to support their livelihoods, we are constantly evaluating how we can improve that support, and we encourage the rest of the coffee industry to do the same.

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Our approach in this region, as it is globally, is comprehensive and holistic. We pay premiums for our coffee for high-quality standards and participation in our ethical and sustainable sourcing program. &nbsp;We also provide coffee farmers with a range of resources, so that their livelihoods and quality of life improve alongside their coffee yields and coffee quality.

At times, this support includes short-term relief funding, such as an <a href="https://stories.starbucks.com/press/2018/starbucks-commits-20-million-for-emergency-relief-to-farmers/">Emergency Farmer Relief Fund</a> of up to $20 million for smallholder farmers in Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador and Nicaragua for the 2018-2019 harvest season, which is being disbursed now, and <a href="https://stories.starbucks.com/press/2018/starbucks-supports-guatemala-volcano-relief-efforts/">volcano relief efforts</a> for Guatemala last year.

Longer term, the following resources are available to farmers – both those who sell to Starbucks and those who do not.

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The story of the Pacheco family in the Jalapa region of Guatemala is one example of Starbucks ongoing support. When a rust outbreak affected their coffee trees, they received 6,000 new, disease-resilient trees as part of Starbucks One Bag for Every Tree initiative (now the&nbsp;<a href="https://stories.starbucks.com/press/2017/starbucks-100million-coffee-trees/">100 Million Trees program</a>). 

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