Community Impact

The work of Rollins College and Artifx Cafe has sparked a dialog of mutual learning among the coffee farmers in the two Origin communities: Monteverde, Costa Rica and Chiapas, Mexico. Over the last three years, Rollins students have worked with Toks Restaurant Group in Mexico to support their work developing markets for small agricultural producers, including the coffee farmers of Chiapas, Mexico. Furthermore to support TOK’s mission, the goals are to offer customers with natural ingredients from local, small producers, and to include a sustainable and responsible supply chain, and lastly to reduce and eventually eradicate poverty in Mexico – including basic needs, dignity and respect, gender equality and entrepreneurship.