Mexican Coffee Project Recorded on Blockchain
Thanks to a ground-breaking blockchain-enabled pilot project between Toks, SIMBA Chain and the University of Notre Dame, Mexican coffee growers have reason to celebrate, having seen their incomes soar by as much as 700 percent with the potential for more opportunities.
The story begins nearly a decade ago, when Toks began working with communities in the remote coffee-growing region of Tacanã in Chiapas, Mexico, to address deeply ingrained socioeconomic and environmental challenges. Among the first steps was to form a cooperative to give coffee growers a unified voice and enable them to sell directly to Toks, which operates 200 restaurants across Mexico. In 2020, Toks and SIMBA Chain launched a blockchain pilot project with 20 of Toks’ 200 coffee grower-suppliers to support a completely trackable, auditable “farm to Toks” supply chain.