The Chain Collaborative believes that sustainable change comes from local leadership. Through an 18-month Community-Led Development Incubator program, we build relationships with local leaders in coffee-growing regions, cultivate their project design and management skills, and foster the development of their farming enterprises. In some cases, we invite Incubator alumni to become Ongoing Community-Led Development Partners and continue to support their projects year-over-year in a longer-term alliance. Our work allows global communities to combat intergenerational poverty and marginalization in the coffee sector on their own terms, and according to their own visions for change.