By Danielle Beurteaux
The next time you run into a Starbucks for a caffeine lift, take a moment to consider where that coffee comes from. In Tanzania, coffee is an important crop, grown mostly by small family enterprises. It's also labor intensive, and farmers have had difficulty getting a good price for their beans because of quality issues.
That's where Root Capital comes in, says Jeremy Mindich, 44, co-founder and managing partner of Scopia Capital, a $1 billion long/short equity fund in New York City. Root Capital is a Cambridge, Mass., nonprofit...