Coffee is one of the most traded commodities in the world. It even tops corn. A coffee shop in Nashville is investing in female farmers who grow beans in Latin America.
Humphreys Street Coffee is the economic arm of Harvest Hands Ministry. It was started by Brian Hick and his wife as a way to help youth, giving them jobs like roasting beans, bagging coffee, or working as baristas, but Hicks says that it is also a way to help women make a living through ag in another country.
Harvest Hands also gets its milk from a middle Tennessee dairy called Hatcher Farms.
They do not just make coffee, they teach young people how to make soap. Also, they teach life skills like creating budgets and marketing.
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