Coffee was initially introduced to Colombia in the 1800s. The country began to trade coffee in 1835, and during the twentieth century, coffee was Colombia's main export - in 1999, it was almost 4% of the national income.
The regions of coffee production in Colombia are the following: Norte de Santander, Antioquia, Valle del Dauca, Tolima, Caldas, Risaralda, Quinidio, and Cundinamarca.
Close to 75% of coffee production is exported from Colombia, and today they account for about 12% of the coffee market in the world; second only to Brazil.
The Colombian Coffee Federation was founded in 1927 to build the success and fair payment of coffee farmers. It is owned and controlled by Colombia's coffee farmers (there are over 500,000). By being a part of the FNC, farmers get benefits and power that they otherwise would not in a small organization. All the profits made by the FNC are given back to the farmers and their communities. The FNC's most important work led to the fact that Colombian coffee now sells at a price premium on the international coffee market, which provides a higher standard of living for the farmers.
-Molly
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