Sustainability

Finnish Researchers Pushing for ‘Cellular Agriculture’ in Coffee

Scientists in Finland have shed new light on the process of making, roasting and analyzing lab-grown cellular coffee. Researchers at the VTT Technical Research Center of Finland — a state-owned...

2023.12.13

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ICO and SCA Sign MoU in Support of Global Coffee Industry

The top brass of the International Coffee Organization and the Specialty Coffee Association convened on Dec. 1 to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) outlining the organizations’ shared commitments to...

2023.12.05

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Al Liu to Lead Sustainable Harvest’s Expansion of ‘Let’s Talk Coffee’

Green coffee trading company Sustainable Harvest plans to expand its progressive and influential Let’s Talk Coffee event series under the direction of longtime specialty coffee professional Al Liu. In an...

2023.11.30

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NKG Enlists Satelligence for Deforestation Monitoring

As the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) compliance deadline draws nearer, multinational green coffee trading company Neumann Kaffee Gruppe (NKG) is partnering with the Dutch deforestation monitoring firm Satelligence. Satelligence’s satellite-b...

2023.11.29

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Trader Caravela Coffee Implementing Self-Management Model Called One Caravela

Green coffee trading company Caravela Coffee has announced it is reshaping its management structure with the goals of improving collaboration, empowering individuals and better responding to the evolving challenges and...

2023.11.17

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Study: These Types of Single-Serve Coffee Capsules Are Worst for the Environment

After conducting a sustainability assessment of three different types of single-use coffee capsules by material type, researchers in The Netherlands concluded that conventional plastic is the worst for the environment...

2023.11.17

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Kyle Engelman Named Executive Director of Nonprofit Grounds for Health

The nonprofit Grounds for Health (GFH), which works to prevent cervical cancer in coffee-growing communities, has named Kyle Engelman as executive director, effective Dec. 1. Engelman will replace outgoing executive...

2023.11.16

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Column: Is the Specialty Coffee Sector Falling Behind on the Environment?

I have worked in the specialty coffee trade for over a decade and, like many people in the industry, I believed for much of that time that specialty coffee was...

2023.11.15

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Michael Sheridan To Lead Coffee Quality Institute as CEO

The nonprofit Coffee Quality Institute has named longtime coffee sustainability and international development expert Michael Sheridan Chief Executive Officer. Sheridan, who most recently held the title of Director of Sourcing...

2023.11.09

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Royal Coffee Releases the ‘World History and Geography of Arabica Cultivars’

Bay Area-based coffee trading company Royal Coffee has released an engrossing historical interpretation of the coffee family tree, called the World History and Geography of Arabica Cultivars. The project includes two...

2023.11.08

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