Our Roots

Breaking barriers

My years of leading students on overseas projects led me to the mountains of Costa Rica and Colombia, where I started to really understand the challenges facing coffee farmers and their communities. It was painful to hear the stories of these farmers and their families struggling to get by, while other companies made massive profits selling the same coffee the farmers worked so hard to produce. While researching business models to help these small producers climb out of poverty, I began to understand that there are a handful of barriers to be overcome in achieving this goal. Artifx Cafe was launched to break through these barriers.

Keith Whittingham, Founder.

Artisanal Farmworx

At Artifx Cafe, we’re building global community through the power of “Artisanal Farmworx”: small-scale, high-quality farm products, intimately connected with people and place. We believe that Artisanal Farmworx are artifacts of a community, as much as art, music and other cultural expressions. We also believe that the better we understand the people and places that produce our food, the stronger our bonds across the earth will be.

Adding value to

FARMERS

Born out of 10 years of working with coffee farmers in Latin America, our purpose is to make a meaningful difference in the lives of small farmers and their communities, through intimate experiences built around coffee, art and life stories.