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SCA Hosting Third Online Green Coffee Summit in December

The Specialty Coffee Association is reprising its Green Coffee Summit, a free online event designed for coffee traders, producers and other actors within the green coffee industry. The third iteration...

2023.10.26

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‘Coffee Prices & Technology Summit’ Coming in October

The firm Digital Coffee Future (DCF) is launching an online summit on coffee prices called “Coffee Prices & Technology Summit: Trends, Margins and Pay Gap.” Prices for green coffee remains...

2023.09.26

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Starbucks Opens $220 Million Coffee Factory in China

Seattle-based international coffee giant Starbucks has opened a $220 million coffee production and distribution facility in China while signaling ambitious retail expansion plans. Referred to by Starbucks as the Coffee...

2023.09.20

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2023 Coffee Barometer Shows Growing Pressure for Sustainable Coffee

The 2023 Coffee Barometer launched today, describing an agricultural sector in a “state of crisis” while outlining mounting pressures on coffee companies to more clearly address sustainability in their own...

2023.09.15

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Fair Trade USA Names Sugumar Raman Chief Program Officer

Fair Trade USA last week named Sugumar Raman chief program officer. The announcement comes as the nonprofit is considering sweeping changes to its core coffee certification program. Raman comes to...

2023.09.13

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At 30, Brazilian Coffee Coop Expocacer Rebrands, Expands Specialty Focus

One of the world’s largest coffee producer cooperatives, Brazil’s Expocacer, has rebranded with a new name and a focus on more sustainable agriculture and differentiation in the global specialty coffee...

2023.09.07

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Fair Trade USA Names Partners in Coffee Certification Program Renewal

Fair Trade USA has unveiled the inaugural advisory board and key project partner, Ideo.org, for its “Innovation for Impact Initiative,” which is expected to result in transformations to the Fair...

2023.08.31

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World Coffee Research Launches Public Database for Arabica Fingerprinting

World Coffee Research (WCR) late last week announced the launch of a publicly available database designed to make genetic fingerprinting of arabica coffee varieties more accessible. The database is freely...

2023.08.22

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Best of Yemen Auction Lot Breaks Price Record at $444 Per Pound

Since debuting as the first ever Private Collection Auction (PCA) from the nonprofit Alliance for Coffee Excellence (ACE) in 2019, the Best of Yemen coffee auction has routinely resulted in...

2023.08.16

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Column: On Fair Coffee Prices and Big Macs

[Editor’s note and disclosure: The author of this column, Jos Algra, is an independent consultant who has worked with Fairtrade International in numerous capacities since 2011. Daily Coffee News does...

2023.08.07

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