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Another Kind of Organic

30 some years ago the UDSA standardized the definition of organic for the purpose of regulating the production and sale … More

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Roya Problems

Right now, thousands of coffee growing families across Latin America are facing a crisis. The coffee leaf rust “la roya” … More

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In Coffee We Trust

If your coffee comes with a tag of organic or fair trade or single origin, do you believe it? If … More

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Secret Coffee Garden

The term agroforest is decidedly vague; to the delight of marketers and spinmen and to the dismay of people trying … More

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Why Organic Coffee Costs More, and Should

Researchers are only scratching the surface of the long term harm pesticides, herbicides, fungicides and some fertilizers can have on … More

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This Week in Coffee, Edition 2

Expertise One strength in life is knowing your strengths, another is knowing how to put them to work. Roberto knows … More

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Trampa

Trampa– (n. f.) trap, snare. Hacer trampas. To cheat. Farmers can’t cheat. If stuff doesn’t grow, stuff doesn’t grow. At … More

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