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Curated for Creativity: Thrive Farmers Joins Delta's Flow State Flight to Copenhagen

May 27, 2026 | Blog, Uncategorized

This June, three Thrive Farmers teas are joining Delta's "Flow State Flight" from New York to Copenhagen.

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THRIVE FARMERS WINS BEST FOR THE WORLD™ B CORP™ FOR FOURTH YEAR

August 02, 2022 |

—THRIVE Farmers® International is recognized by B Lab as one of the world's most impactful companies by winning the Best For The WorldTM award for the fourth year. This award recognizes Thrive Farmers’ community impact as being in the top five percent of more than 5,000 Certified B Corps from 155 industries in 80 countries that meet the already rigorous standards set by B Lab®. Every year, B Lab® honors the highest achieving businesses of the already prestigious group with the Best For The World award, which celebrates the Certified B Corps that score in the top five percent on the B Impact Assessment for environmental, community, customer, worker and overall impact.

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New Website Announcement Thrive

February 16, 2022 |
The turn of the year marked an entire decade since the inception of our farmer-focused, impact-driven business. Thanks for supporting us along the journey! We couldn’t have made it this far without you.
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THRIVE FARMERS WINS ‘BEST FOR THE WORLD’ BY B LAB®, FOR THIRD YEAR

September 03, 2021 |
—THRIVE Farmers® International is recognized by B Lab® as one of the world’s most impactful companies by winning Best For The World Award for the third year. This award recognizes Thrive Farmers’ community impact as being in the top five percent of more than 4,000 Certified B Corps from 153 industries in 77 countries that meet the already rigorous standards set by B Lab®. Every year, B Lab® honors the highest achieving businesses of the already prestigious group with the Best For The World Award, which celebrates the Certified B Corps that score in the top five percent on the B Impact Assessment for environmental, community, customer, worker and overall impact.
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Where Business and Farmers ‘Thrive’

October 16, 2018 | Inc.
Through an innovative revenue-sharing model that provides a stable, predictable price for coffee, Thrive Farmers ensures higher earnings for farmers — up to three times more than the traditional model. It also provides a “halo effect” for consumers, who are increasingly seeking out brands committed to social justice.
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Finding Focus In Sustainability Efforts To Empower Farmers

January 26, 2018 | Blog, Inside THRIVE
Sustainability is an overused term in our world. To some, it’s narrowly defined as “green” or efforts with an environmental component. To others, it’s a measure of profitability. Sadly, to others it’s merely a marketing term used to appeal to customers yet no real changes happen within the business.
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Innovation in the Coffee Business

October 10, 2017 | Coffee Talk
Kenneth Lander, co-founder and chief sustainability officer of THRIVE Farmers, and Rick Peyser, senior relationship manager for coffee and cocoa at Lutheran World Relief, host a webinar on “Innovation in the Coffee Business: The True Power of Relationships,” with CoffeeTalk.
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Thrive Farmers Named No. 19 On 35th Annual Inc. 500 Fastest-growing Companies List

August 29, 2016 | Atlanta Business Chronicle, Inc.
The Atlanta Business Chronicle notes Thrive’s successful ranking on Inc. Magazine’s annual Inc. 500 Fastest-Growing Companies List, coming in at No. 19. The Inc. 500 list is representative of the best of the Inc. 5000 list. The article also informs readers on Thrive’s background and sustainable business model, benefitting farmers and valuing relationships.
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ACG Georgia Fast40 – THRIVE Farmers Named Georgia’s Fastest-Growing Middle-Market Company

July 18, 2016 | ACG Atlanta
THRIVE Farmers named the fastest growing middle-market company in Georgia
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Conversations at Origin

September 04, 2015 | Blog, Origin Perspectives, Product Spotlight
by Amanda Eastwood, Origin Specialist Over the course of the first few weeks of summer, a small group of the THRIVE origin team, including myself, had the opportunity to spend intentional time with several coffee farmers across three different countries. Some of these...
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Profit-sharing in the coffee industry

July 22, 2015 | CNN
CNN offers viewers a four-minute informational video which explores Thrive’s story, and the “why” behind Thrive’s groundbreaking coffee business model: helping farmers.
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Raised Drying Beds – a proven method

April 21, 2015 | Origin Perspectives, Tools of the Trade
If you have been following along with our Tools of the Trade blogs, you’ve probably realized that coffee quality is positively or negatively affected at every step along the supply chain from the time a seed is planted until the coffee is sipped from your favorite mug.
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THRIVE Farmers Coffee changing your morning cup of joe

September 10, 2014 | 11 Alive
THRIVE Farmers Coffee is featured on Atlanta’s 11 Alive. Watch the video below....Vin
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Chick-fil-A Finally Gets Serious About Coffee

August 15, 2014 | Bloomberg Businessweek
Bloomberg Businessweek begs the question everyone else was already thinking when Chick-fil-A first partnered with Thrive: Will the chicken sandwich and waffle fry following transfer over to the new specialty coffee?
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Chick-fil-A debuts specialty-grade coffee

August 15, 2014 | Atlanta Business Chronicle
Chick-fil-A debuts specialty-grade coffee
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Now Helping 5,000+ Farmers Pursue Economic Sustainability

May 29, 2014 | Blog, The Business of Coffee
Since our beginnings with a few farmers in Costa Rica, THRIVE Farmers has had a simple mission: to create true economic sustainability for coffee producers, who have been leaving their family farms at double-digit rates for years. This mission is being realized today...
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Business Plan Brews Big Profits for Coffee Farmers

May 21, 2014 | Bloomberg
Business Plan Brews Big Profits for Coffee Farmers
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October 2, 2013 – Conscious Magazine

October 22, 2013 | Conscious Magazine
Explore the differences between fair trade and farmer-direct models.
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Farm-to-Table Movement to the World of Championship Coffee

April 14, 2012 | Blog, Inside THRIVE, Our Community, Uncategorized
The farm-to-table movement has arrived in the world of coffee.  The art and science of coffee farming and preparing an espresso will join together at the United States Barista Championships, April 19-22, 2012.  The common hope of a fourth...
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