Central AmericaFairtrade Movement Co-Founder Frans van der Hoff Dead at 84
Frans van der Hoff, one of the founding figures of the Fairtrade movement, died on Tuesday at the age of 84. The cause of death is not publicly known. A...
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CaliforniaSan Francisco’s Sāe Coffee Sets Sights on Superluxe Coffees
A new San Francisco-based company called Sāe Coffee Studio has grand ambitions to bring the highest of the high-end specialty coffees to more consumers. Signaling those ambitions loud and clear,...
AfricaJDE Peet’s and Enveritas Announce Global Deforestation-Free Plan
Global coffee giant JDE Peet’s says it has signed memorandums of understanding (MOUs) with at least four coffee-producing countries for a new deforestation-free coffee initiative. The publicly traded company announced...
BonnFairtrade 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...
Berindo JayaNKG Launches NKG Indonesia Imports to Meet Domestic Demand
German green coffee conglomerate Neumann Kaffee Gruppe has launched an importing company in Indonesia in response to increased domestic demand for coffee. NKG Indonesia Imports is technically NKG’s second company...
Coffee Economics with KarlCoffee Economics with Karl Gets Into Coffee Prices
It’s been nearly two years since we last featured “Coffee Economics with Karl” on these digital pages, and a lot has gone down since then — both with prices and...
BrazilBrazil’s Expocacer Cooperative Opens US Hub in Delaware
One of Brazil’s largest coffee cooperatives, Expocacer, recently launched operations in the United States, opening a logistics hub in Delaware. The Patrocínio, Minas Gerais-based group — which currently exports green...
agroforestryHow Shade Coffee Lends Conservation a Hand
When managed in the right way, the farms that provide our morning brew can be a refuge for plant and animal biodiversity Q&A — Ecologist Ivette Perfecto Up in the...
coffee pricesThe 2023 Specialty Coffee Transaction Guide Has Landed
The 2023 edition of the Specialty Coffee Transaction Guide (SCTG) guide went live today, providing actors throughout the coffee chain a data-driven tool for green coffee price discovery. The full...
Axola CooperativePhiladelphia’s Café Don Pedro Seeks to Build Up Small Businesses
A Dominican-owned coffee roasting company called Café Don Pedro recently launched in Philadelphia with ambitions for direct trading and boosting more Latino-owned small businesses throughout its supply and distribution networks....