"Mellow cocoa and pecan flavors with acidity and sweetness."
Tierra Madre
Tierra Madre is produced exclusively by 125 women coffee producers in Jinotega, who receive a premium based on coffee that meets a high-quality standard. Aldea Global promotes the sale of coffee produced by Associated women under the Tierra Madre label. This coffee is a blend from multiple women-owned farms.
Cherries are picked when fully ripe, depulped, fermented overnight, washed, then placed on raised beds and patios to dry. Aldea Global provides its small farmer members with technical assistance, micro-crediting, and marketing services. In 2013, Aldea Global had 1,200 members, but by focusing on the aforementioned areas, its membership has rapidly expanded to more than 13,000 members, of which 34% are women.
As of 2020, Aldea Global works in more than 700 rural communities. A general assembly of small farmer delegates elects a board of directors: president, vice-president, treasurer, secretary, and three directors. In addition, Aldea Global has an oversight and strategic credit committee. Aldea Global educates producers on agro-ecological practices such as in-row tillage, diversified cropping, soil and water conservation. They also prioritize marketing to help producers move up the value chain. Aldea Global increased its small farmer members' combinedc offee sales from USD 6 million to USD 17 million from 2013 to 2020 through their programs: Organic, Fair Trade, Rainforest Alliance, UTZ, Direct Trade, and Tierra Madre (women-produced coffee).
Aldea Global's specialty producer division is made up of 4,863 smallholders, 998 of those are women. The average farm size is 5 hectares.