Farmer Issues

Study Finds Coffee Accounts for 1% of Agriculture-Driven Global Deforestation

A sweeping new analysis of commodity-driven deforestation published in Nature Food found that coffee accounts for just 1% of global agriculture-driven deforestation, far below beef at 40% and below...

2026.03.25

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Three Questions with University of Kentucky Coffee Lab’s David Gonthier

The University of Kentucky is getting its first-ever coffee education program for undergraduates this fall. David Gonthier, an associate professor in the UK Department of Entomology at the Martin-Gatton College...

2026.03.24

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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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CO2 Fermentation Boosts Natural-Process Coffee Scores in Colombian Trial

A sealed container and a dose of carbon dioxide may be enough to nudge certain natural-process coffees into higher-end specialty coffee territory, according to a new Colombian study that...

2026.03.17

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In Wake of India’s “Green Revolution,” Scientists Find Organic Soils Healthier

As concepts such as “regenerative” and “biodynamic” continue to enter the mainstream coffee lexicon, scientists continue to literally dig into the soil to give them meaning. A recent peer-reviewed...

2026.02.13

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California Coffee Coffee Pioneers Jay and Kristen Ruskey Mourned

John “Jay” Ruskey and Kristen Ruskey, the married couple behind Good Land Organics and pioneers in the California-grown specialty coffee movement through Frinj Coffee, died on Sunday, Feb. 8, in...

2026.02.13

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New CafeClima Platform Supports Climate-Smart Coffee Replanting

World Coffee Research (WCR), along with the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT, today announced the launch of CafeClima, a free web platform designed to help farmers, agronomists, funders...

2026.02.12

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CQI Expands 2026 Global Coffee Fund, Launches Matching Grants

The nonprofit Coffee Quality Institute (CQI) announced an expanded 2026 Global Coffee Fund program, saying it aims to mobilize $500,000 to expand access to coffee quality education and related...

2026.02.06

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Report: Sustainability Must Be Embedded Into Core Buying Practices to Drive Change

A new “living document” from the civil-society coalition VOCAL Coffee Alliance argues that project-based corporate sustainability is doing little to shift value chain imbalances and promote long-term sustainable coffee...

2026.02.06

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IFAD, Vietnam and Green Climate Fund Back $102 Million Coffee Initiative

The Vietnamese government, the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the Green Climate Fund (GCF) have combined for a $102.4 million investment designed to protect forests and boost rural...

2026.02.03

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