Name: Joseph Zaraya

Social Justice Group: 2021-2022, International Workers Rights

Date of Fieldwork: February 7, 2022

Name of Organization and person (people) with whom you met and their title(s):Jason Scherr Founder of Think Coffee

Type of Fieldwork: Direct Action

What I did and what I learned about my topic, activism, social justice work or civil and human rights work from this fieldwork?[:: :

On Monday the 7th of February our group was lucky enough to meet with Jason Scherr the founder of Think Coffee. Jason has worked for a long time to make sure that the supply chains for his companies coffee are forced and child labor free.

Jason told us that executive people in the company including himself will personally visit the farmers who grow the coffee. They look through all of their supply chains and where their ingredients are made and try to stop as many labor issues as possible. They have done many projects in different countries like building housing for farmers in Santa Teresa Nicaragua and making sure that farmers have clean water.

Jason also informed us that one big major problem for workers on farms is housing. Many farmers don’t have a roof over their heads when they work. Many people are often forced to live in subpar housing with many people. This is a major problem and Think Coffee tries to build many homes for farmers to combat this. Jason told us that big coffee corporations have the resources to look into their supply chains if they want to.

It was great to get to meet with Jason and learn about labor in supply chains, and how a company can be successful and profitable without having major labor issues.