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Daily Coffee News: Kohana Founder Victoria Lynden on Entrepreneurship and Empowerment for Women in Coffee

Daily Coffee News: Kohana Founder Victoria Lynden on Entrepreneurship and Empowerment for Women in Coffee

Austin, Texas-based cold brew and whole bean purveyor Kohana Coffee has the ambitious and unprecedented goal of sourcing every last one of its beans from women by 2020. This would involve not just women farmers, but women at every step of the supply chain, including in milling, processing, exporting and importing.The plan starts with the two women at the helm of Kohana, founder Victoria Lynden and vice president of operations Piper Jones, who have built the company around a mission to support other women in the production and trade of fairtrade and organic certified coffees.The company says it pays a...

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