P.R. Dept. of Agriculture, Starbucks Foundation to import coffee beans
June 20, 2018
Puerto Rico Agriculture Secretary Carlos Flores Ortega confirmed that during a recent meeting with representatives of the Starbucks Foundation, an agenda and timetable were set to soon begin importing coffee beans to the island.
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$15.5M Lares hotel planned based on PR coffee tradition
August 29, 2016
LARES — One of Puerto Rico’s most prominent coffee-growing families is pouring $15.5 million into a complex that includes Hotel Hacienda Lealtad — a five-star boutique mountain resort aimed at wealthy tourists with a passion for gourmet coffee.
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Yauco coffee grower ordered to pay $101K in back wages
July 6, 2016
A consent judgment has been filed in federal district court ordering a Yauco coffee grower to pay $101,484 in back wages to more than 170 year-round farm workers and seasonal coffee pickers who the company underpaid between 2011 and 2014.
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