Kat Nolte Ferguson

Coffee Roasters Are (or Should Be) Raising Prices. Here’s Some Advice on How

Coffee prices are, in relative terms, really high right now. The ICE arabica futures (a.k.a. the “C price”) eclipsed US$4 per pound earlier this month, continuing a generally upward trajectory...

2025.02.21

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Let’s Talk Coffee is Back, Heading to Peru in 2025

Seattle-based green coffee trading company Sustainable Harvest is reprising its long-running Let’s Talk Coffee event, with plans for Peru in September of 2025. Held in coffee-producing countries, and convening a...

2024.10.08

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Column: Don’t Buy Too Much Coffee

An importer will never tell you this, but don’t buy too much coffee. Most importers view trading as a zero-sum game where the objective is simple: win as much business...

2024.09.24

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Column: Why Are ‘Sustainable’ Businesses Going Out of Business and How Can We Change That?

Why are “sustainable” businesses going out of business and how can we change that? A good place to start is with greater transparency. We also need honest recognition that multiple...

2024.04.03

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