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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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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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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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As Brazil’s Coffee Climate Shifts, Small Farmers Seek New Ways to Survive

(Note: This article was originally published on Dialogue Earth under the Creative Commons BY NC ND license. Find the original version here.) Edson Paes, 53, has single-handedly cultivated 12,000 organic Arabica coffee plants...

2026.07.08

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Inside the 2026 Coffee Barometer, Part 1: Prices Swing, Structures Don’t

Record-high commodity coffee prices have not rescued the coffee industry from its sustainability shortcomings, according to the newly released 2026 Coffee Barometer. By contrast, they may have exposed how little...

2026.07.03

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Inside the 2026 Coffee Barometer, Part 1: Prices Swing, Structures Don’t

Record-high commodity coffee prices have not rescued the coffee industry from its sustainability shortcomings, according to the newly released 2026 Coffee Barometer. By contrast, they may have exposed how little...

2026.07.03

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Colombian Police Seize 2.4 Metric Tons of Cocaine in Coffee Pellets

Colombian authorities say they seized more than 2.4 metric tons of cocaine hydrochloride hidden in a shipment of coffee pellets at the Port of Cartagena. The cargo was bound for...

2026.06.17

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