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Coffee's Essential Worker Community: An Action Oriented Path to Building Back Better with Living Wage and Living Income

Living wage and income have long been gaining steam among the media, global governments, sustainability standards, businesses, and a wealth of other actors, including consumers. But the necessity of ensuring a basic but decent living is more stark than ever in an age where vulnerability abounds.

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Five Key Takeaways from the National Coffee Data Trends Study: Specialty Coffee Breakout Report

The National Coffee Data Trends Study is packed with information: conducted twice a year, the report tracks coffee consumer trends, attitudes, and behavior. What are five key things that the specialty coffee industry should pay attention to specifically? Learn more from the SCA’s Research Manager, Katie von der Lieth →

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El sabor del cambio climático| 25
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El sabor del cambio climático| 25

Hay muchas tazas de té que resultan memorables. Para mí, las tazas más memorables son aquellas que cambian tu forma de ver el mundo, las tazas que incitan a la acción y dan forma y sentido a lo que hacemos. Hace más de una década desde que una taza de té verde Pu Erh pusiese en marcha un viaje de investigación en el que me propuse examinar los efectos del cambio climático en la calidad del café.

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Protegiendo el terroir | 25
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Protegiendo el terroir | 25

¿Qué es lo que hace que los productos alimentarios sean exclusivos de una región, y cómo se protegen desde los países de la UE y el resto del mundo conforme a la ley?

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La economía del café: Comprendiendo la rentabilidad a nivel de plantaciones | 25
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La economía del café: Comprendiendo la rentabilidad a nivel de plantaciones | 25

A la conclusión de Avance (la conferencia inaugural sobre sostenibilidad de la Specialty Coffee Association y primer evento de ese tipo en origen) en la ciudad de Guatemala el pasado mes de octubre, se pidió a los representantes allí presentes que indicaran el área de mayor prioridad dentro de la cadena de valor del café. Más del 90% de los representantes se decantaron por la «rentabilidad para los agricultores».

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 Vision Check | 25, Issue 10
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Vision Check | 25, Issue 10

Are premiums, certifications, and our industry as a whole, doing enough to counteract rising inequality and provide a decent standard of living for farmworkers and their families?

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The Fermentation Effect | 25, Issue 10
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The Fermentation Effect | 25, Issue 10

For the past four years, Sophia Jiyuan Zhang and Florac de Bruyn have been working with coffee through a bilateral industry-academia research collaboration between the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (Brussels, Belgium) and Nestlé Research (Vers-chez-les-Blanc, Switzerland), endeavoring to understand coffee post-harvest processing.

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The Economics of Coffee: Understanding Profitability at Farm Level | 25, Issue 3
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The Economics of Coffee: Understanding Profitability at Farm Level | 25, Issue 3

As Avance–the Specialty Coffee Association’s inaugural sustainability conference and first ever event at origin–drew to a close in Guatemala City in October, delegates were asked to indicate what area they most prioritized among coffee’s value chain. More than 90% of participants stood next to the sign reading “farmer profitability.”

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The Cost Connundrum | 25, Issue 11
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The Cost Connundrum | 25, Issue 11

Read about a research collaboration between the University of Muenster’s TRANSSUSTAIN research project, University of California Davis, and the International Coffee Organization that could help build an ongoing benchmark for farmer profitability.

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Un caso de negocio para incrementar el consumo de café especial en países productores

Las oportunidades adicionales para crear y capturar más valor son clave para que los productores reduzcan el riesgo. Por lo tanto, es vital comprometerse con estrategias que les permitan a los productores crear (más) valor y obtener un mayor y mejor parte del precio al consumidor →