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This is How You Get Coffee Shoppers to Follow Through on Ethical Purchasing

According to an oft-cited United Nations estimate, 40% of consumers say they’re willing to buy ethically produced goods, but only 4% actually do. Nearly two decades after that figure was...

2026.07.24

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Inside the 2026 Coffee Barometer, Part 2: What Companies Are Not Saying

The coffee industry is awash in sustainability claims. What’s missing, the 2026 Coffee Barometer finds, is proof that any of it is changing the commercial terms that dictate value in...

2026.07.14

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Inside the 2026 Coffee Barometer, Part 2: What Companies Are Not Saying

The coffee industry is awash in sustainability claims. What’s missing, the 2026 Coffee Barometer finds, is proof that any of it is changing the commercial terms that dictate value in...

2026.07.14

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As Brazil’s Coffee Climate Shifts, Small Farmers Seek New Ways to Survive

(Note: This article was originally published on Dialogue Earth under the Creative Commons BY NC ND license. Find the original version here.) Edson Paes, 53, has single-handedly cultivated 12,000 organic Arabica coffee plants...

2026.07.08

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Vietnam Coffee Report: Production Rising for Third Straight Year

Vietnam’s green coffee production is forecast to rise 2.5% to 32.5 million 60-kilogram bags of green bean equivalent in market year 2026/27, as high prices from 2024 and 2025 encouraged...

2026.06.24

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Study: Social Enterprises Beat Corporate Sustainability in Farmer Well-Being

For decades, coffee companies have leaned on third-party certifications to measure their own corporate sustainability goals and discuss “impact.” A new study involving coffee and cocoa farmers in Peru suggests...

2026.03.23

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Coffee Price Volatility Harms the Mental Health of Farmers

Coffee is a drink that punctuates many of our lives. Millions of us depend on this dark liquid to start the morning, or to break up the day. It has also become...

2025.01.21

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Fairtrade International Celebrates Golden Cup Winners

Fairtrade International rang in the October 1 International Coffee Day by celebrating the winners of its annual Golden Cup green coffee competitions. With the Latin American and Caribbean Network of...

2024.10.01

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Fair Trade USA Founder Paul Rice Resigning as CEO

An influential figure in the fair trade movement over the past quarter century, Paul Rice is resigning as CEO of Fair Trade USA. In an announcement last week, Rice said...

2024.09.18

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Fairtrade International Updating Coffee Standard to Meet or Exceed EUDR

The sustainability certification organization Fairtrade International is updating its published coffee standard in order to meet or exceed the forthcoming requirements of the EU deforestation-free regulations (EUDR). While Fairtrade International...

2024.02.13

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