While Portland has long been known as a coffee city, it’s not just a place for extravagant pour-over and Instagrammable coffee shops; the city also boasts a strong roster of companies and organizations that are working to improve the landscape of the coffee industry, addressing everything from the low wages of coffee growers to racial inequities within Portland cafes. Some coffee roasters use their passion to address other community causes, fundraising for nonprofits addressing homelessness in Portland and providing work for Portlanders with disabilities who have aged out of special education programs.
There is a certain radical optimism required to tackle ethics in coffee: the lengthy and intricate
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