coffee farming

US coffee-growing industry welcomes proposed amendment to the Farm Bill

Congressional leaders in the United States re-introduced a bill that would expand the scope of federal research spending on coffee pests and diseases.

Business, Origins, Regulatory, Sustainability

Starbucks and FNC expand tree planting target by 22 million seedlings and US$4.2 million

Starbucks Coffee Company and the Colombian Coffee Growers Federation (FNC) have announced an expansion of their programme to support Colombian coffee growers in the Starbucks C.A.F.E. Practices network.

Business, Origins, Sustainability

Coffee growers on the Galápagos Islands achieve further sustainability credentials for Caravela

Caravela Coffee’s Supplier Farms located on the Galápagos Islands in Ecuador, have achieved the Carbon Neutral International Standard.

Business, Sustainability

Nicaraguan coffee smallholders to benefit from investment in Aldea Global

IDH Farmfit Fund and Oikocredit are providing a syndicated loan to Asociación Aldea Global Jinotega, a Nicaraguan small farmers’ association that produces and exports speciality fair trade and organic coffee.

Business, Origins

Gorilla Coffee Alliance to enhance rural livelihoods & wildlife conservation in Democratic Republic of the Congo

USAID, Nespresso, Olam Food Ingredients, TechnoServe, the Wildlife Conservation Society, and Asili will partner to support sustainable agriculture and rural enterprise to reduce threats to the critically endangered Grauer’s gorilla.

Origins, Sustainability

Food 4 Farmers celebrates 10 year anniversary

Food 4 Farmers is celebrating a decade of collaboration with coffee-farming families and co-ops to build food security and community-led resilience to climate change.

Business, Origins, Sustainability

Nespresso invests in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s coffee revival

Nespresso has announced a long-term commitment to revive the DRC’s coffee industry under its Reviving Origins programme, with the launch of organic KAHAWA ya CONGO coffee in the US.

Origins, Product news

RGC Coffee receives SCA award for sustainability project in Colombia

RGC Coffee has received the 2020 Specialty Coffee Association Sustainability Award in the Project category for its project “Las Manos del Café”.

Sustainability

Nespresso introduces new Ugandan coffee and marks second year of success for Reviving Origins programme

Nespresso is introducing AMAHA awe UGANDA, ‘Hope of Uganda’, a new and seasonal coffee from the Rwenzori Mountains of Uganda, made possible only through the company’s unique Reviving Origins programme.

Blending, roasting & processing, Origins, Product news, Sustainability

FNC contributes first 240,000 trees in coffee regions to Colombia’s national reforestation goal

The Colombian Coffee Growers Federation (FNC) has pledged to contribute 240,000 trees to the Colombian government’s national reforestation goal of 180 million during a four year period.

Origins, Sustainability

Sustainable quality at scale in Brazil and Colombia

Coffee quality and sustainability are sometimes seen as opposing goals, that to achieve high quality means eschewing ecological awareness and that an environmental approach to coffee production does not leave room for additional quality standards. But, as farms in Brazil and Colombia prove, large scale coffee production can leverage its size to achieve both cup quality and overall sustainability in tandem. By Rachel Northrop

Sustainability