Starbucks adds two new coffee innovation farms in Guatemala and Costa Rica

Starbucks announced an expansion of its collaborative coffee innovation network. Building on Hacienda Alsacia, Starbucks first company-operated coffee farm, the company added farms located in Guatemala and Costa Rica with future farm investments in Africa and Asia. Starbucks buys 3% of the world’s coffee. Climate change is impacting the availability of high-quality coffee around the world. At Hacienda Alsacia, Starbucks has created best practices to make growing coffee more profitable; developed the next generation of disease-resistant, quality coffee; and shared it with farmers. The new farms in Costa Rica and Guatemala will both study hybrid coffee varieties under different elevations and soil conditions. The network’s focus on learning and innovation will continue through the sustainability learning and innovation lab at Hacienda Alsacia, which will break ground in December.