Café Mam

04/11/2026

Mountain Rose Herbs is our tea of choice that we offer our wholesale accounts. We work with Mountain Rose Herbs because they value you; the customer, in a similar way to us. They care about providing you with high quality organics that impact the world as positively as possible. Unlike traditional fair trade programs that merely certify products, the Fair for Life program thoroughly reviews Mountain Rose Herbs from top to bottom, evaluating and auditing our working conditions, labor practices, environmental programs, social benefits, and company transparency.

https://mountainroseherbs.com/catalog/teas

21/10/2026

Head over to willamettefarmandfood.org to browse and shop from this year’s farmers and food producers and start stocking your pantry for winter.

Don’t feel like you have to build your whole order today! Producers will be adding products and updating their inventory all month long, and you can continue adding to and building your order right up until pre-orders close on October 31.

Check back often, see what’s new, and most importantly—have fun filling your pantry!

17/10/2026

Get ready for the 2026 Mushroom Festival on Sunday, October 25th! Every year, you can experience a huge mushroom exhibit where you can learn about hundreds of local species, live music, guided nature walks, c***r pressing, and of course, delicious coffee from Café Mam!

16/10/2026

14/10/2026

It’s time to celebrate! This year’s conference will mark the 50th Anniversary of the Provender Alliance! For five decades, the Provender Alliance has been nourishing, educating, and inspiring our community on models for sustainable ethical business practices and environmental stewardship in the natural products trade, and now it’s time to honor the past while, together, we build what lies ahead for the next 50!

Café Mam will be providing coffee and espresso drinks. Make sure to check out Megan's panel in honor of the International Year of the Woman Farmer 2026!

P.S. There will be karaoke too ;)

October 21-23, 2026 | McMenamins Edgefield | Troutdale, Oregon

08/10/2026

In recognition of the International Year of the Woman Farmer 2026, join us for a conversation celebrating the women who nourish our communities and care for the land at the Provender Alliance Conference on October 22nd, 2026 at McMenamins Edgefield in Troutdale, Oregon. From an international coffee farmer to a Willamette Valley family farm and a Black-led small farm incubator, this diverse panel explores the essential work of women producing, processing, and trading food that sustains our families, communities, and economies.

Empowered women farmers are key agents of change in transforming agrifood systems. Their groundbreaking work closing gaps in access to and control over land, finance, technology, education, and decision-making enhances well-being, boosts productivity, strengthens resilience to climate change, and drives progress towards sustainability. Together, we’ll explore what keeps these women rooted in the work, the lessons they’ve learned along the way, and what they hope for the future of agriculture.

Enjoy samples of Café Mam coffee and farm-fresh goodies!

https://provender.org/international-year-of-the-woman-farmer-2026-empowered-women-transforming-agrifood-systems/

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06/10/2026

This film, created by our partners at the Finca Triunfo Verde Cooperative, shares the harsh realities of climate change and its impacts on the 345 coffee farmers who own the cooperative.

In the film, they share how rising temperatures, wildfires, heavy rains, and other effects of a changing climate are impacting their coffee farms and communities. They also highlight the ways they are taking action. With support from Café Mam’s Climate Mitigation Fund, Finca Triunfo Verde is investing in solar-powered pulpers that not only allow farmers to process coffee in a cleaner, more sustainable way, but also provide electricity to light their homes.

Finca Triunfo Verde takes climate change seriously and continues to seek innovative ways to mitigate its impacts while creating positive change for small-scale coffee producers and their families.

We are honored to walk this road alongside our partners at Finca Triunfo Verde. And we couldn’t do this work without your support. Thank you for being part of this journey with us!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ughyXQeZ6xY

This film, created by our partners at the Finca Triunfo Verde Coope...

02/10/2026

We're participating in Fill Your Pantry 2026! 🥕 Live now: 5 lb bags of Café Mam coffee beans are available for pre-order here:
willamettefarmandfood.org/fillyourpantry

Stock up on local food for winter and support farmers and food producers across our region. Pre-orders are open October 1–31, with pickup at Fill Your Pantry on Sunday, November 8 from 12–4 PM at the Lane Events Center Agricultural Pavilion.

02/10/2026

What makes Café Mam, Café Mam? Every cup of Café Mam coffee represents a partnership—between farmers, communities, and you. Together, we’re working toward a more equitable, resilient, and healthy planet.

Café Mam began with a single shipment of coffee—and a partnership that’s lasted decades. In 1989, Royal Blue Organics founder dahinda meda purchased the first container from the ISMAM cooperative in Chiapas, Mexico, laying the foundation for Café Mam. This long-term partnership has allowed us to pay above fair trade minimums while keeping coffee accessible.

Every purchase supports farmers in caring for the land, strengthening communities, preserving culture, and building long-term independence. We believe in activism through business—donating 2% of sales to organizations advancing organic agriculture, social justice, and environmental stewardship, while modeling responsible practices in the communities we serve.

28/09/2026

The last picture is from the same room 11 years earlier. Doing the same thing: coffee cupping! Cupping is a professional analysis of coffee flavor and aromatic profiles. At our most recent cupping at San Fernando, they wanted to see how well we knew their coffee. They had 3 coffees from distinctly different regions in Chiapas. They wanted to know if we could identify the coffee from the region where most of our beans came from. Chris got it right, thanks to years of wisdom on regional flavor profiles.

This shows how important it is to choose where your coffee comes from! Bean flavors vary a lot based on the temperature, soil health, altitude, etc., of where they are grown. We’re lucky to have Chris out there working alongside the flavor experts in Chiapas to choose the best coffee beans for Café Mam.