www.statestreetcoffee.comState Street Coffee is a group of inter-related coffee companies with the common goals of sustainable growth for our company and sustainable development for the communities in which we operate. Our business model is unique - we produce, export, import, trade, adn distribute premium quality green coffees, all with a focus on environmental, social en economic sustainability.

The company has implemented key initiatives on our farms in Nicaragua - such as buildings scholls, waste water treatment facilities, hydroelectric power generation, empleoyee housing, employee medical programs and reorestation. Current initiatives include an environmental management system including a state-of-the-art geographic information system, a network of coffee quality laboratories, a water testing laboratory, education and training, additional housing and emergency health care programs. SSC Holdings operates internationally through four affiliates to produce, purchase, export, import, distribute and roast high quality South and Central American Arabica coffee.

SSC Nicaragua is responsible for producing, purchasing, milling and exporting, and is one of the largest producers and top ten exporters in Nicaragua, with plantations on five farms, three wet mills, a dry mill and a warehouse situated north of Matagalpa. Trading is managed by SSC Cayman, which trades in the Company's own green coffee products, as well as coffee from other Latin American countries. Importing, warehousing, distribution and logistics management services in the US are carried out by SSC Louisiana at our own warehouse in the Port of New Orleans, LA.  The credit, finance and legal aspects of the business are managed by SSC New York. The strategic support that each of State Street Coffee's affiliates provides, starting with production, allows the company not only to retain added value along the trajectory from commodity to finished product, but also to allow each division to draw on the other divisions strengths in order to achieve its objectives.

State Street Coffee is a member of the New York Board of Trade, the Specialty Coffee Association of America, The Green Coffee Association of New York City, Nicaraguan Coffee Exporters Association, the Nicaraguan Chamber of Commerce, and the New Orleans Chamber of Commerce. In 2005, State Street Coffee became the first coffee company to be accepted as a member of Ceres, a national network of investment funds, environmental organizations, public interest groups and companies working to advance environmental stewardship.

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