Kyle

Kyle Freund is an independent communications professional and consultant with over 20 years of experience delivering strategic communications, content strategy, and marketing services primarily for non-profit, non-governmental, and mission-driven organizations. Operating under Kyle Freund Consulting, the practice serves clients in sectors including fair trade, sustainable agriculture, coffee, cocoa and chocolate, cooperative development, and international trade and development. The consultant brings deep subject matter expertise in sustainability communications, corporate social responsibility, and ethical consumption narratives, making the practice particularly well-suited for organizations operating at the intersection of commerce and social impact. Kyle Freund is fully bilingual in English and Spanish, with conversational German, and has extensive cross-cultural experience gained through fieldwork alongside rural farming families in Latin America, including a two-year posting in Guatemala with the United States Peace Corps as an Agricultural Marketing Consultant. This grounding in rural agricultural communities informs a nuanced understanding of supply chain storytelling, smallholder farmer issues, and development-focused communications. The professional's career spans senior roles at internationally recognized organizations including Solidaridad Network, Fairtrade America, Fairtrade International, Food 4 Farmers, and Coffee Kids, providing a robust network and firsthand knowledge of global fair trade systems and certification landscapes. Core service capabilities include strategic communications planning, feature writing and editing, media relations, content strategy and web development, social media management, public relations, graphic design, and public speaking. As an award-winning writer and photographer, Freund also brings multimedia storytelling skills to client engagements. The practice has particular depth in the coffee industry, with over a decade of public relations and social media experience in that sector, covering topics from origin sourcing and cooperative structures to consumer-facing campaign development. Born and raised on a small family dairy farm in rural Wisconsin, the consultant brings an authentic agricultural perspective that resonates with both producer-focused and consumer-facing audiences in the food and beverage space.