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Coffee quiz
Coffee quiz, Do you know Joe? The coffee quiz Take this quiz to get a peek behind the beans and test yourself on how well you really know your coffee. More Quizzes About Nature, on pile of coffee berries. " Sustainable Coffee Challenge, know your coffee
Sustainable Coffee Challenge
Sustainable Coffee Challenge, Subscribe Donate Sustainable Coffee Challenge How can we make coffee sustainable? Learn more about our bold plan to make coffee the world’s first fully sustainable agricultural product. See who’s already joined the challenge — from producers to retailers — on the Sustain Coffee Challenge, coffee the world's first sustainable agricultural product. Learn more at www.conservation.org
What on Earth is ‘sustainable’ coffee?
What on Earth is ‘sustainable’ coffee?, ?” This post was updated on September 17, 2020. In this installment we break down “sustainable coffee, means and why it’s important. So, what is ‘sustainable coffee’? Defined generally, it’s coffee, and process it. Wait: Can coffee be grown in a way that doesn’t conserve nature? It can. Coffee is grown, . When farmers want to expand their coffee plantations, the easiest thing for them to do is to cut down some of the surrounding forest. Moreover, coffee is often grown on steep slopes; if care
Starbucks Coffee Company
Starbucks Coffee Company, International has been on an amazing journey with Starbucks to promote ethically sourced coffee around, Together, we have created a new way to produce coffee: one that is sustainable, transparent, . And who benefits? Partners like the Gitesi coffee farm (left) in Rwanda, a farm run, % ethically sourced coffee, and Conservation International is a proud partner in this effort. Our role Stemming from the work at origin with coffee farmers — by introducing communities
3 ways to be a more sustainable coffee drinker
3 ways to be a more sustainable coffee drinker, In just 24 hours, the world consumes approximately 2.25 billion cups of coffee — and demand is growing. At the same time, the area suitable for coffee growing is expected to be cut in half. To help make coffee the world’s first sustainable agricultural product, we’re working with more than 100 companies, government agencies and NGOs through the Sustainable Coffee Challenge. But what can you do to protect your favorite brew and to support sustainable coffee and the farmers who grow it
Report: Coffee companies pledge to tackle the bitter consequences of climate change
Report: Coffee companies pledge to tackle the bitter consequences of climate change, Freshly brewed, a new report on the future of sustainable coffee offers grounds for optimism. Released by the Sustainable Coffee Challenge — a Conservation International-led coalition of 160, and research institutions are dedicated to improving sustainability in the coffee industry. The report shows, the coffee sector. Made by major coffee companies such as Dunkin’ and Starbucks, these commitments, , senior director of sustainable coffee markets at Conservation International. “The Sustainable Coffee
As coffee demand grows, farmers work to deliver a sustainable brew
As coffee demand grows, farmers work to deliver a sustainable brew, For two decades, Conservation International has worked with Starbucks to support responsible coffee farming, protect biodiversity and reduce the coffee industry’s impacts on climate through ethical sourcing standards known as the Coffee and Farmer Equity (C.A.F.E) Practices. Conservation News sat down with Raina Lang, who leads Conservation International’s sustainable coffee program, people — from farmers to roasters to baristas — rely on the coffee economy for their livelihoods. It
A Peruvian forest was vanishing. Coffee and community trust saved it
A Peruvian forest was vanishing. Coffee and community trust saved it, , he turned to coffee — a crop that thrives in the Amazonian highlands, cradled along by crisp, coffee plantations. This deforestation becomes cyclical when farmers use unsuitable farming, focusing on the coffee." Coffee berries from the Alto Mayo Protected Forest. The Alto Mayo coffee cooperative has exported over 1,500 tons of coffee. ©Thomas Muller ‘The beginning of everything, training, financial skills and access to specialty-grade coffee markets. To date, nearly 1,211
As pandemic pounded Peru, one region thrived on coffee, carbon
As pandemic pounded Peru, one region thrived on coffee, carbon, Forest, where the Amazon meets the Andes, coffee farmers were spared much of the economic devastation, , exporting 336 tons of organic and fair-trade coffee to Europe, New Zealand and the United States in 2020, conservation agreements. The pacts aim to galvanize community support. They provide coffee growers living in the protected forest with agricultural training, financial skills and access to specialty-grade coffee, of the highest deforestation rates in Peru, due largely to agricultural encroachment, unsustainable coffee
Conservation International’s new AROMA sustainable coffee program to receive support from Green Climate Fund
Conservation International’s new AROMA sustainable coffee program to receive support from Green Climate Fund, of Coffee Farms (AROMA) initiative ARLINGTON, Va. (Jan. 13, 2025) – Conservation International, & Adaptation of Coffee Farms (AROMA) GCF Program. Once approved, the ~$120 million AROMA program will be implemented over seven years to pursue structural changes across the coffee sector. It will respond to the priorities of participating governments by working with smallholder coffee farmers to better, practices and reducing deforestation from expanding coffee production. Climate change is affecting
‘We’re just trying to adapt’: Coffee farmers face down climate change
‘We’re just trying to adapt’: Coffee farmers face down climate change, SAN MARTIN JILOTEPEQUE, Guatemala — José Marcelino Estrada has spent his life tending coffee. He, . And for decades, coffee delivered. It built Estrada’s home and put his seven children through, on his back. “Land is life. For me, earth is a treasure,” he said, standing among coffee trees on his, continue to live off the land.” © Vanessa Bauza José Marcelino Estrada, a small coffee farm owner, , farmers in Guatemala’s coffee-growing highlands have relied on nature’s steady rhythms to guide
Starbucks 100 Million Trees Initiative
to support coffee farms © Joshua Trujillo, Starbucks, of old coffee trees and the planting of new disease-resistant and climate-tolerant ones, , renovation practices can avoid the need to expand coffee production into surrounding lands, including forests. Coffee-growing regions around the world are struggling to maintain the quality and supply of coffee in the face of aging trees, diseases such as coffee rust, and volatile
Climate Week: The climate solution in your cup
a climate-friendly solution to producing one of the world’s favorite crops: coffee. Joining environmental, on the climate, Conservation International’s coffee expert Bambi Semroc explained why coffee contributes so much more to people than just a morning boost. “Coffee is usually grown in and around important, for our health and wellness.” Many sustainable coffee farmers grow their crops under a canopy of taller trees — known as “shade trees” — which help regulate the coffee plant’s temperature and promote
COOPBAM
Subscribe Donate COOPBAM Financing coffee, of the country’s highest rates of deforestation. One of the culprits: unsustainable coffee farms. One solution: Providing local coffee farmers the finance to grow sustainable, world-class coffee beans while, Photo by Ana Yi THE COMPANY COOPBAM is a certified fair trade and organic coffee cooperative, specialty coffee buyers, COOPBAM needs significant working capital reserves to purchase the coffee
Café Capitan
the livelihood of small producers through sustainable production of high-quality coffee The effects of climate change in tropical countries are increasingly impacting coffee production, weather patterns in the tropics. Temperature changes affect land suitability in coffee landscapes, reducing crop productivity and driving deforestation and forest degradations as demand for coffee products continues to grow. Sustainable coffee cultivation practices as the ones used by Café Capitan
A scientist’s view: Critics of carbon markets miss the mark
One recent morning I noticed I had run out of coffee. So I did what any morally upstanding person would do. I booked a flight to Costa Rica. Upon arrival, I took a taxi to a coffee farm, filled up a bag with ripe coffee cherries, and after haggling with the farmer over a fair price, I headed back, that enables coffee to be bought, sold, processed and shipped around the world — including to my local, by coffee’s popularity, this market is highly valued. So I’m puzzled when people come out swinging
UCIRI
justice and cultural empowerment through organic coffee in Oaxaca, Mexico Rooted, of organic, fair trade coffee. Union de Comunidades Indigenas de la, , a series of recent unexpected events have compromised its operations including the propagation of coffee, reserves to help members replant their coffee plantations, diversify crops into cacao, and commercialization of coffee, UCIRI has become a driving force in their community by investing in a transport
Conservation International and Walmart
and implementing innovative sourcing strategies for coffee, jewelry and seafood. Our plan, sustainable sourcing goals for palm oil, beef, soy, coffee, cocoa, and seafood by helping Walmart, challenges facing coffee and cocoa communities—as well as restoring degraded riparian areas. In East Java, coffee in its U.S. stores The coffee we drink depends on the health, prosperity, and well-being of more than 10 million smallholder producers across 10 million hectares of coffee farms
Earth Month: Shaping an economy built on nature
of years. ‘We’re just trying to adapt’: Coffee farmers face down climate change For generations, farmers in Guatemala’s coffee-growing highlands have relied on nature’s steady rhythms to guide, the delicate timing needed for coffee to flower and bear fruit. Warmer, wetter conditions have also unleashed a fungal disease that wiped out coffee farms across Central America a decade ago, causing more than US$ 3 billion in damages and leaving nearly 2 million coffee workers without a job
Alto Mayo Carbon Project
for agricultural training, financial skills and access to specialty-grade coffee markets. To date, more than, than 500 sustainable job opportunities to date. One notable area of improvement is coffee production. The project has provided routes by which families can prosper through farming coffee beans sustainably. To increase market access, the project supported the creation of a coffee cooperative known, kilograms (33,000 pounds) of coffee beans that were certified and produced within the project area