Sustainability

The 2024 Specialty Coffee Transaction Guide is Here

The 2024 edition of the Specialty Coffee Transaction Guide recently came online, offering buyers and sellers of unroasted specialty coffee a data-backed resource for pricing discovery. Data from 100,000+ Contracts...

2025.02.19

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The Price of Coffee is All Over the News, But What Is the Price of Coffee?

The relatively high price of coffee is the stuff of headlines in financial, mainstream and trade publications these days, which begs one fundamental question: What is the price of coffee? For...

2025.02.07

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Regeneratively Farmed is the New Buzz Label on Supermarket Shelves – But What Does it Actually Mean?

Have you noticed “regenerative” popping up on food labels or in marketing ads? It sounds promising — farming that heals the soil and helps stop climate change. So, what does it...

2025.02.06

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Brazil Rescued 200+ Coffee Workers from ‘Slave-Like’ Conditions in 2024

More than one in 10 of the people rescued from what the Brazilian government described as “slave-like” and “degrading” working conditions last year were coffee workers. In total, Brazil’s Ministry...

2025.02.04

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Study Confirms Coffee Rust Fungicides Toxic to Farmworkers

A new study revealed significant health risks for coffee farmworkers in southern Minas Gerais, Brazil, stemming from exposure to triazole fungicides. The chemicals are used throughout the global coffee sector...

2025.01.28

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Coffee Price Volatility Harms the Mental Health of Farmers

Coffee is a drink that punctuates many of our lives. Millions of us depend on this dark liquid to start the morning, or to break up the day. It has also become...

2025.01.21

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Matthew Algie and Solidaridad Launch Two-Year Decarbonization Pilot in Honduras

Through a partnership with the farmer-focused civil society organization Solidaridad Network, Scottish coffee roasting company Matthew Algie is launching a decarbonization pilot project focused on Honduras. The Glasgow-based coffee company...

2025.01.21

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With Green Climate Fund Backing, Conservation International Launching AROMA Coffee Project

The Green Climate Fund recently signed off on an approximately $2 million grant to support the design of an ambitious multi-year coffee sustainability program led by the nonprofit Conservation International...

2025.01.20

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Column: For Coffee’s Survival, Researchers Must Prioritize Climate Change

[Note: This is Part 2 of a short series of stories by guest author Jonas Ferraresso exploring some of the intricacies of the Brazilian coffee market and Brazil’s outsize influence...

2025.01.15

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Costa Rica Study Shows Promise for Low-Elevation Arabica Hybrids in Shade

A groundbreaking multi-year study on coffee agroforestry in Costa Rica’s Caribbean lowlands revealed promising strategies to expand coffee cultivation into non-traditional regions. The implications may be globally significant, considering the...

2025.01.09

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