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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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Tools: The Specialty Coffee Transaction Guide
There are big questions facing specialty coffee sellers and buyers.
Tools: International Trade Center Green Coffee Exporter's Guide
ITC Green Coffee Exporter's Guide is the world's most extensive, hands-on and neutral source of information on the international coffee trade.
Tools: Beyco Worldwide Trading Platform
Beyco is a platform that uses blockchain technology to facilitate the buying and selling of coffee, access to finance, and data management.
Tools: SCA Coffee Directory
Looking to expand your coffee network? Check out this video to learn more about the Specialty Coffee Association's Coffee Directory, a platform designed to help companies reach the SCA’s vast global network of professionals.
A Guide to Sourcing and Selling Green Coffee Directly
Access to information and technology means that roasters and producers are more prepared than ever to take control of their supply chains.
Sponsored content from Algrano.
Producers: learn about buyers’ needs and how to make offers they can’t resist. Roasters: find out how to communicate and plan, build direct relationships, and access the best lots that never make it to the offer lists.
Coffee Fermentation: Current Approaches
Mario R. Fernández-Alduenda, PhD, hosts a discussion leading experts in the field.
COVID-19’s Perfect Storm | Re:co 2020
How can we navigate the effects of COVID-19 on coffee producers?
Coffee’s Essential Worker Community | Re:co 2020
Can the living income and the living wage movements help us all to “build back better” after the COVID-19 pandemic?
Race, Power, Privilege | Re:co 2020
A concise introduction to race, power, and privilege in the hope we open up, admit responsibility where we need to, and collectively find solutions.
Listen, Learn, Lead | Re:co 2020
Understanding the past is a step towards actionable change when it comes to any systemic problem—climate change, gender inequality, racial inequity—but it’s not enough.
Science, Social Impact, and Supply Chain Intervientions | Re:co
Many of us in coffee innovate in an attempt to improve the livelihoods of coffee producers: from Direct Trade to social programs, from certifications to traceability. But how do we know if these innovations work?
Charting Specialty Coffee’s Future | Re:co
How does the coffee system work? Does it work for everyone? Where can we leverage change?
Five Key Takeaways from The National Coffee Data Trends Study’s Specialty Coffee Breakout Report
The Specialty Coffee Breakout Report of the National Coffee Data Trends Study (2021) is packed with information. Navigate the report and identify five key takeaways with help from the SCA’s Research Program Manager, Katie von der Lieth.
Europe’s Cafés and Coffee Shops (2020)
How many cafés and coffee shops were there across Europe in 2020?
Europe’s Retail Sales of Coffee (2020)
What was the total value of coffee consumed in cafés and coffee shops across Europe in 2020?
The 2021 National Coffee Data Trends Specialty Coffee Breakout Report
Download the free Specialty Coffee Breakout Report of the National Coffee Data Trends Study (US, 2021) directly from the National Coffee Association.
El enigma de los costos | 25
La crisis de precios actual nos exige formar un entendimiento claro de los factores que determinan la rentabilidad o la sustentabilidad económica para los pequeños agricultores.
Las falacias de la “juventud”: Encontrar nuevas soluciones para los jóvenes en las comunidades de cultivo cafetero | 25
La generación más joven es en este momento la más grande del mundo, pero la edad promedio de los agricultores del café sigue aumentando.
Más allá del estereotipo | 25
Globalmente conocido por sus enormes establecimientos cafeteros, Brasil ocupa el primer lugar del marcador como el “productor de café más grande del mundo” desde hace 150 años.
Examen visual | 25
Las fuerzas de disrupción existentes en las cadenas de suministro agrícolas – las demandas de producción cada vez más exigentes, el acuciante cambio climático, una mano de obra que emigra a zonas urbanas – han hecho que el nivel de ingresos tanto para agricultores como para trabajadores de sus tierras sea marginal a nivel de producción, si bien los segundos se omiten en el discurso sobre los precios del café.
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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 →