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Ninety Plus and Arizona’s Coffee Support Sign US Distribution Deal

High-end coffee production company Ninety Plus announced an exclusive U.S. distribution agreement with Arizona-based business-to-business specialist Coffee Support. Coffee Support plans to release several green coffee offerings from Ninety Plus...

2024.10.16

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Three Questions with Lina Granados of Racafé in Bogotá

When Lina Granados sat down to talk with DCN, she had recently returned home to Armenia, Colombia, from Trieste, Italy, where she was completing the residential requirement for her master’s...

2024.10.10

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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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Arizona’s Press Coffee Buys 70-Hectare Farm in Panama

Phoenix-based specialty coffee roaster and retailer Press Coffee recently acquired a 70-acre coffee farm in Western Panama. With the farm purchase, the company plans to launch an “Estate” line of...

2024.10.04

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Starbucks Expands Research-Focused Coffee Farm Operations

Starbucks today announced an expansion of its in-house coffee farming and sustainability research activities, including new coffee farms in Costa Rica and Guatemala, plus planned investments for farms in Africa...

2024.10.04

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European Legislators Plan to Delay Deforestation Law (EUDR) a Year

The European Commission yesterday said it plans to delay enforcement of the landmark deforestation-free supply chain law, known as EUDR, for 12 months. The announcement comes amidst a chorus of...

2024.10.04

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Avanza Cafe

JDE Peet’s and TechnoServe Launch $15.3 Million Avanza Café Project

Coffee roasting conglomerate JDE Peet’s and the nonprofit TechnoServe announced the launch of a wide-ranging new sustainability initiative focused on the Central American coffee sector called Avanza Café. The initiative,...

2024.10.02

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VOCAL Alliance Launches, Urges EU Regulatory Compliance Over Pushback

A new consortium of civil society organizations under the acronym VOCAL (Voice of Organizations in Coffee Alliance) launched today, challenging the coffee industry’s prevailing positions on regulatory compliance. In its...

2024.10.02

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Fairtrade International Celebrates Golden Cup Winners

Fairtrade International rang in the October 1 International Coffee Day by celebrating the winners of its annual Golden Cup green coffee competitions. With the Latin American and Caribbean Network of...

2024.10.01

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Report: Ethiopian Coffee Producers Facing ‘Green Squeeze’ from EUDR

Ever since European legislators put their stamp on the final draft of the new EU deforestation-free supply chain law (EUDR) in December 2022, organizations in and around the coffee industry...

2024.09.30

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