Bext360 is using robots and the blockchain to pay coffee farmers fairly
April 11, 2017 at 12:03 PM EDT
Coffee is the world’s second most-traded commodity, after petroleum. Some 125 million people make a living growing coffee, according to estimates from the Fairtrade Foundation. Most are smallholders, or small-scale farmers whose families live on less than $2 a day, the World Bank reports. Now, a tech startup called bext360 wants to make it easier for these farmers to get a fair price,… Read More