Our Friend Philosophy
Vermont Coffee Company started with the simple desire to share great coffee with the best of friends. Today, Coffee Roasted for Friends® is more than a slogan—it's our mission and how we do business.
Friend to the Customer
Commitment to Quality
At Vermont Coffee Company, we source high-quality, non-GMO, certified-organic arabica coffee from the great coffee producing regions of the Americas and Asia. The big, bold flavor of these blends continues to unite a tight-knit community of farmers, retailers, and customers.
Friend to the Farmer
Food 4 Farmers
Most of the world’s coffee-farming families are food insecure because their income is insufficient to provide healthy meals year-round. Today, we're working with Food 4 Farmers to help coffee cooperatives in Latin America address the root causes of food insecurity and build community-led solutions.
Our partnership with Food 4 Farmers directly aids their Home Gardens Program, which provides coffee-farming communities with the tools, knowledge, and resources they need to access and grow nutritious food every day.
Friend to the Community
Honduras Education Project
Vermont Coffee Company has also partnered with a specialty green coffee trader working to build collaborative supply chains that drive socio-economic change. Through their Honduras Education Project and in collaboration with SOLCAFE, we've identified four coffee-producing communities with an urgent need to improve school infrastructure. Our contributions help purchase supplies like new desks and tables and address issues such as leaky roofs and deteriorated classrooms.
Charitable Giving
We support our community by giving both monetary and product donations to organizations tackling food- and shelter-related challenges. Vermont Coffee Company is proud to contribute to the following groups:
Friend to the Planet
Renewable Roasting
At Vermont Coffee Company, we're committed to powering our facility and roasting our coffee with 100% renewable bioenergy. How does it work? The electricity comes from local dairy farms that operate anaerobic digesters to extract methane gas from cow manure and convert it into electricity (known locally as “cow power”). The biogas used in roasting is generated by the anaerobic digestion of organic materials at farm digesters, waste treatment plants, and landfills.
Peru Reforestation Project
Deforestation in the Peruvian Amazon has hit historic highs in the past 10 years due to drivers such as agricultural expansion, land speculation, logging, and illegal activities such as mining and coca production. By planting native tree species in areas of need, we can help improve coffee quality by providing additional shade while creating alternative income opportunities for coffee farmers. In 2024, our contributions resulted in approximately 2,800 trees being planted, with 20 coffee producers directly benefiting from the program.
