PERC Coffee has roasted the world’s most colorful coffee in Savannah, Georgia, for over a decade. Their mission is simple but powerful: Share good times and amazing coffee with everyone they meet and continue to grow their business with authenticity, passion, and curiosity.

Founded by Mark Bray in Bentonville, AR, Airship Coffee Roasters truly began halfway around the world in the remote mountains of Honduras. With a background in agronomy (that’s plant and soil science), Mark ventured out there to educate farmers about sustainable agriculture. They didn’t need his help with that. He noticed, however, a complete lack of access to a stable, let alone fair, supply chain for the community’s incredible coffee crops. So he decided to build it himself. Now a trusted partner to coffee farmers worldwide, Mark and the Airship team continue to nurture relationships abroad while simultaneously creating amazing spaces for their own community to connect over the coffees that inspired Mark nearly 20 years ago.

Red Rooster Coffee doesn’t do things by the book. When Rose McCutchan approached then fiancé Haden Polseno-Hensley about supplying coffee for her Floyd, Virginia café, the duo began roasting from a small space in the back of her mother’s bookstore. Guided by principles of sustainability and gender equality since 2010, this family-run company takes pride in inclusive hiring practices and making onsite childcare available for all of its employees.