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Can Regenerative Coffee Farming Deliver Living Incomes? It Depends, Analysis Shows

Two of coffee’s biggest sustainability concepts — regenerative agriculture and living income for farmers — have been gaining traction in parallel in recent years. A new paper from the nonprofits...

2026.07.24

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EUDR Provides Massive Challenge to the Vital Honduras Coffee Sector

Coffee is one of Honduras’s most important exports; half of it goes to the European Union, where stricter supply chain rules aimed at halting deforestation will come into place in...

2026.07.23

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Beyond Traceability: Why Producers Need Institutional Capacity for EUDR Compliance

When the European Union Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) comes fully into force, coffee exporters will no longer compete solely on quality or price. Increasingly, they will compete on their ability to...

2026.07.21

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Beyond Traceability: Why Producers Need Institutional Capacity for EUDR Compliance

When the European Union Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) comes fully into force, coffee exporters will no longer compete solely on quality or price. Increasingly, they will compete on their ability to...

2026.07.21

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European Commission Adds Soluble Coffee to EUDR Product List

Soluble coffee is set to be added to the European Union’s landmark deforestation-free supply chains law, known as EUDR, under an act adopted by the European Commission this week. The...

2026.07.17

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Review: Coffee Sustainability Research is Growing but Fragmented

A recent review of more than two decades of coffee sustainability research found that while the field has grown considerably in the 21st century, it remains fragmented. Published in Sustainable...

2026.07.15

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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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NCA Makes New Push for Instant Coffee Tariff Exemption Amid Brazil Talks

The National Coffee Association is asking the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) to spare unflavored instant coffee from proposed new tariffs tied to separate trade disputes and forced...

2026.07.09

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NCA Makes New Push for Instant Coffee Tariff Exemption Amid Brazil Talks

The National Coffee Association is asking the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) to spare unflavored instant coffee from proposed new tariffs tied to separate trade disputes and forced...

2026.07.09

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