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EU Proposes Another 12-Month Delay to EUDR, Cites IT Issues

The European Commission is planning yet another one-year delay to enforcement of the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR), citing poor development and performance of the Commission’s IT system. The postponement plan...

2025.09.25

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U.S. Legislators Introducing Bipartisan Bill to Exempt Coffee from Tariffs

Amid soaring prices for coffee at U.S. grocery stores, legislators are planning to introduce a bipartisan bill to exempt coffee from recently imposed U.S. tariffs, which are fees paid...

2025.09.20

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New Research Shows Promise for Stenophylla Breeding

As the climate-sensitive arabica coffee species continues to face long-term existential threats, research from Sierra Leone sheds new light on the breeding potential of another species, stenophylla. Published Aug....

2025.09.11

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How Europe’s Deforestation Law Could Change the Global Coffee Trade

If your morning can’t begin without coffee, you’re in good company. The world drinks about 2 billion cups of coffee a day. However, a European Union law might soon affect your...

2025.09.02

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High-Quality Greens for a High-Impact Cause at Upcoming Grounds for Health Auction

The annual Grounds for Health green coffee and equipment auction returns Thursday, Sept. 18, giving roasters an opportunity to buy special, traceable coffees while supporting the noble cause of...

2025.09.01

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Study Suggests Coffee Industry Has Been Incentivizing Carbon Storage All Wrong

For more than a century, the act of planting new trees has helped assuage the collective guilt of humans, the beneficiaries of economic progress at the expense of the...

2025.08.27

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Three Questions with Coffee Expert Beamlak Bekele

One of Beamlak Bekele’s earliest memories of her father is watching him cup coffee in a laboratory. Growing up in a coffee-centered family in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Bekele never imagined...

2025.02.05

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With Green Climate Fund Backing, Conservation International Launching AROMA Coffee Project

The Green Climate Fund recently signed off on an approximately $2 million grant to support the design of an ambitious multi-year coffee sustainability program led by the nonprofit Conservation International...

2025.01.20

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Report: Climate Change Adaptation Plans Are Working for Coffee Producers

A new report commissioned by Fairtrade International and co-funded by the European Union found that coffee producers are leading producers in other agricultural sectors in planning for climate change, though...

2024.12.13

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Major FAO Report Reveals ‘Hidden Costs’ of Coffee Production

As coffee prices currently sit at historically high levels on the commodities markets, driven by supply concerns and growing demand, the economic benefits for green coffee producers might seem universally...

2024.12.11

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