Volcafe is delighted to share the news that the ¡Tierra! Colombia won the gold medal in the International Espresso category at the 13th International Coffee Tasting 2019, an international competition for single origin coffees or coffee blends, in beans or ground or single dose, for espresso, mocha or filter.

Volcafe’s Colombia office operates the Carcafe Foundation set up to get involved in sustainability projects in coffee-growing communities in the country.

Empresas Iansa S.A. (“Iansa”), a subsidiary of ED&F Man Holdings Limited, has entered into an agreement to sell 100% of the issued share capital of LDA SpA and all assets relating to Iansa’s pet food business (“LDA”) to Camil Alimentos S.A., a Brazilian food company, for a cash consideration of 37 billion Chilean Pesos (equivalent to US$48 million), before transaction expenses.

ED&F Man Holdings B.V., a wholly owned subsidiary of ED&F Man Holdings Limited ("ED&F Man" or the “Group”), has today completed the sale of 100% of the issued share capital of Sugat Industries Ltd. ("Sugat") to Salt of the Earth Ltd., an Israel based company owned by Fortissimo Capital Fund IV, L.P., for an aggregate cash consideration of US$58.5m (before transaction expenses).

Volcafe (a division of ED&F Man) has boosted its long-term presence in Peru with the opening of a second coffee processing mill, in Jaén, in the Cajamarca coffee region in the north of the country.

Volcafe, one of the world’s leading green coffee trading companies, is excited to announce the recent opening of our first UK office under our Volcafe Select specialty coffee brand.

We were very proud that Volcafe Way, the sustainability programme for our coffee brand Volcafe, played an important role at a recent summit organised by Finnish coffee house Paulig.

Westway Feed Products - the animal feed arm of our Liquid Products division - has two facilities located in Albany, NY - North Plant and South Plant.

ED&F Man has signed up as key corporate sponsor of Bonsucro Global Week 2019 – the leading global event for sugarcane sustainability and sector responsibility.

ED&F Man Head of Special Crops Marcus Coles has welcomed the announcement by the United Nations General Assembly that it has approved World Pulses Day to take place every February 10, starting in 2019.