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Trader Caravela Coffee Implementing Self-Management Model Called One Caravela

Green coffee trading company Caravela Coffee has announced it is reshaping its management structure with the goals of improving collaboration, empowering individuals and better responding to the evolving challenges and...

2023.11.17

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Kyle Engelman Named Executive Director of Nonprofit Grounds for Health

The nonprofit Grounds for Health (GFH), which works to prevent cervical cancer in coffee-growing communities, has named Kyle Engelman as executive director, effective Dec. 1. Engelman will replace outgoing executive...

2023.11.16

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Royal Coffee Releases the ‘World History and Geography of Arabica Cultivars’

Bay Area-based coffee trading company Royal Coffee has released an engrossing historical interpretation of the coffee family tree, called the World History and Geography of Arabica Cultivars. The project includes two...

2023.11.08

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Bean Voyage Hosting Women-Powered Coffee Summit in Costa Rica

The coffee-focused nonprofit Bean Voyage is reprising its in-person event in Costa Rica called the Women-Powered Coffee Summit (WPCS). The two-day event, taking place Nov. 2-3 at Doka Estate in...

2023.10.04

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Rootline Coffee Connects Points in Nicaragua and Central Texas

Vertically integrated coffee company Rootline Coffee is drawing straight lines from Nicaragua into guests’ cups at the company’s first coffee shop in Dripping Springs, Texas. Tiles, embroidery and natural wood...

2023.09.21

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WCR Made a Free Arabica and Robusta Coffee Varieties Poster

Humans are imperfect and we all tend to get a bit scatter-brained every now and then. For example, you may be a professional coffee roaster, going casually throughout your day...

2023.09.14

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Blanca Castro Named Executive Director of International Women’s Coffee Alliance (IWCA)

Longtime international coffee professional Blanca Castro is taking over the top executive spot at the nonprofit International Women’s Coffee Alliance (IWCA). The appointment of Castro, who originally hails from Guatemala,...

2023.09.08

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GCP Snapshot: 70% of Coffee From Eight Global Buyers Meets Sustainability Baseline

More than 70% of the green coffee purchased by eight of the world’s largest green coffee buyers in 2022 met a recognized baseline sustainability standard, according to the latest annual...

2023.09.01

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Three Questions with María Andreé Negreros de Durán of Artista de Café in Guatemala

When María Andreé Negreros de Durán was creating Artista de Café, her coffee shop concept in Antigua, Guatemala, she envisioned a space that would honor coffee, not just serve it. ...

2023.08.28

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Hawaii Study: Picking, Not Pesticides, May Be Best Tool Against CBB

By using fewer pesticides to control coffee berry borer (CBB) populations, Hawaiian coffee farmers may actually increase coffee production, harvested coffee quality and even economic gains. This counterintuitive outcome regarding...

2023.08.10

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