Kenneth Barigye is the Managing Director of Mountain Harvest Coffee, a business focused on supporting smallerholder farms across Uganda.
In this episode he explores why there can’t be a “single” global coffee price due to the differentiating cost of production across markets, and advocates for a reframing of green-buying. He also shares his personal insight into the farming communities of Uganda, noting the 85-year-old farmer who has never tasted coffee, and how macadamias, rabbits, and beehives could just be the solution to save specialty coffee farms.
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Find Kenneth here: https://www.instagram.com/kennethbarigye/
Mountain Harvest: https://mountainharvest.com/
00:00 - Intro
01:48 - Uganda’s Coffee Industry Explained
05:08 - The Aging Farmer Problem
07:17 - Why Young People Are Leaving Coffee Farming
09:16 - Supporting Coffee Farmers Better
12:03 - Why Global Coffee Pricing Fails
18:14 - What Great Coffee Buyers Do
24:29 - Building Better Producer Relationships
27:19 - Biggest Green Buyer Mistakes
32:24 - Smarter Coffee Buying & Planning
39:15 - The Future Of Coffee Supply Chains
41:54 - Coffee Market Update
44:09 - Kenneth’s Hot Take On Coffee Pricing
46:30 - Is Specialty Coffee Broken?
50:46 - Industry Shout Outs
52:08 - Final Thoughts & Outro
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