Bird Safe and Shade Grown Coffee (#)

„Shade grown coffee benefits song birds who use it as a natural habitat, reduces the need for fertilizers and herbicides, and promotes biodiversification.  Unfortunately, the production of a shade grown estate is almost 1/3 that of a non-shaded farm.  Therefore, there is an alarming trend towards technification or the planting of new hybrids in organized fields to maximize profits.  Approximately 150 bird species live on farms of shade grown coffee, whereas non-shaded coffee has as few as 20-50 species.  Between 1980 and 1994 the songbird populations have steadily decreased.  There are 70% fewer Tennessee Warbles, 30% fewer Baltimore Orioles, and 50% less Cape May Warbles due in part to technification.  However, these numbers and the causes for the decrease in bird populations has been debated heavily.  Until it is known if growing shade grown coffee is economically feasible, the trend towards technification will continue.“
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Timeforcoffee.com (#)

„It is the bean that literally sold the world on coffee. The true Arabian Mocha, from North Yemen, is still grown as it probably was over a thousand years ago, on irrigated terraces clinging to the sides of semiarid mountains; water is directed through little rock-lined channels to the roots of the plants, which are shaded from the desert sun by rows of poplars. The beans are also processed as they have been for centuries; even the best grades (Mocha Extra) are natural coffees, dried with the fruit still attached to the beans. The dried husk is later removed by millstone or other primitive methods, which accounts for the rough, irregular look of the beans.“
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The Coffee Review - the world's leading coffee buying guide (#)

„Elsewhere arabica coffee is traditionally grown in full sun, or near full sun. The importance of maintaining shade canopies to supply habitat for migrating song birds in Central America has led to a controversial campaign by researchers at the Smithsonian Institute and their supporters to define "shade grown" in rather narrow terms (shade provided by mixed native trees) and label coffees grown under such a native canopy as "bird friendly." Farmers who traditionally have not grown coffee in shade but maintain extensive forest reserves on their land understandably object to the concept, as do those who use non-native trees to shade their coffee. On the other hand, shade grown coffees most definitely are much easier on the environment than sun grown coffees, and the better tasting traditional varieties of arabica, bourbon and typica, are, in Central America at least, best grown in shade.“
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Transfair USA | Press Releases (#)

„"Seattle's Best Coffee is deeply committed to working responsibly with people in coffee growing regions and the environmental benefits of shade-grown coffee are also just as important to us," Schickler says. "Seattle's Best Coffee's customers will benefit by tasting the exceptional flavor of shade grown organic coffee while contributing to a better environment." TransFair USA, a non-profit monitoring agency, is the only organization providing independent, third-party certification of Fair Trade Certified products in the U.S. TransFair promotes mutually beneficial relationships between farmers and coffee companies, and educates consumers about international trade and economic development. Fair trade offers farmers fair prices, direct trade, and access to credit. Through fair trade, small family farmers are able to provide basic healthcare and improved nutrition for their families, keep their children in school, re-invest in their farms and communities, and practice environmentally responsible farming methods.“
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Virtual Coffee: Feature Articles (#)

„Still, there are many other areas of confusion and contention regarding shade in the coffee industry. In the Sustainable Coffee Survey report, nearly 45 percent of the companies claiming to carry shade-grown coffee did not even know who their shade-certifying agency was. Many importers, roasters and retailers add to the confusion by selling "verified shade" coffee, which comes from plantations that have not been certified by Eco-OK or SMBC but have been visited by someone—often an importer—who, without scientific guidelines, checks to make sure shade trees are present on the farms. Most people seem to agree that certified-shade is the clearest way to convey the concept in the marketplace and provide a transparent method of ensuring validity of shade claims.“
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Sustainable Coffee (#)

„In essence, sustainable coffee is a melange of cultural, political, environmental, economic and agronomic influences. Many sustainable coffees are "shade grown," meaning that a canopy of trees covers the actual coffee plants, allowing for a slower growing cycle and time for the sugars in the coffee beans to mature. These shade trees also provide a natural habitat for migratory and other birds, thereby working hand-in-hand with the environment. While some plantations employ forest-like conditions such as those found in untouched rainforests, other coffee growers use a combination of trees (banana, citrus and timber are popular) for shade as well as income derived from the tree products.“
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Indian coffee board- monthly magazine- Cover Story- Importance of Shade for Co (#)

„The permanent shade trees such as Ficus spp, Albizzia spp, Terminalia spp, Artocarpus integrifolia (Jack fruit) and other jungle trees can be planted at a distance of 12 m to 14 m apart. A list of shade trees commonly grown in coffee plantations of South India is available in Coffee Guide Book (Anonymous, 2003). The canopy of these permanent shade trees has to be regulated by undertaking the operations such as shade lopping, shade thinning and shade lifting depending upon the necessity and requirement to maintain optimum shade for the coffee plants. These operations have to be carried out in such a way that in course of time, the shade canopy has to be about 10 to 14 m above the coffee.“
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Transfair USA | Press Releases (#)

„Unfortunately, the planting of full sun varieties usually requires the removal of shade trees, which has dramatically reduced habitat for birds and other wildlife. According to researchers from the Smithsonian Migratory Bird Program, studies in Colombia and Mexico found 94-97% fewer bird species in sun grown coffee than in shade grown coffee. With today's introduction of Cafe Verde™ and Cafe Verde™ Decaf, the National Wildlife Federation and Green Mountain Coffee Roasters are joining forces to call attention to both environmental issues and the economic crisis that millions of small-scale coffee farmers are facing. Coffee prices are at historically low levels, below most farmers' costs of production.“
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Virtual Coffee: The Songbird Foundation Project (#)

„What better way to raise consciousness on the issues of bio-diversity and sustainability than through the audiences of great musical artists? It is the Songbird Foundation's hope that by enlisting the support of musical artists and their audiences that we may more quickly create a dialogue on these important issues, and begin to create demand in the market place for sustainable products such as shade grown and organic coffee. We hope to create greater consumer interest and demand by asking popular artists to inform their audiences of the absolute necessity of developing a sustainable restorative economy, and how, by changing their own patterns of consumption, they can make what seems a dream come true“
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Global Exchange : bingham0899.html (#)

„High in the hills in the department of Santa Rosa, southeast of Guatemala City, the air is cool and sweet and the setting picturesque, with soaring cedar trees sheltering a ravine thick with laurel, cuernavaca, oak, and inga. For a week David Griswold, Lindsey Bolger, and Betsy Buckley, all coffee buyers, have been scouring the hills of Costa Rica and Guatemala in search of shade-grown, habitat-friendly coffee. An importer based in Emeryville, California, Griswold runs Sustainable Harvest , a company that specializes in shade and organic coffee. Bolger, who is one of his clients, is the green-coffee buyer for Batdorf & Bronson, a roasting house in Olympia, Washington, that sells the fancy specialty coffees so popular now at coffeehouses like Starbucks.“
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The Coffee Review - the world's leading coffee buying guide (#)

„Squeaky-clean "certified organic" coffees, which are rigorously monitored from seed to roaster by third-party agencies to assure that they are completely free from even a trace of synthetic chemicals? "Shade-grown" coffees, which are grown under a canopy of shade trees friendly to migrating birds and other wildlife, but which may undervalue other environmental and social criteria? Or "sustainable," a category that attempts to combine a staggering range of environmental and social concerns into a single, comprehensive package appealing to almost everyone who deplores the spreading use of high-yield, high-chemical-dependent, low-taste, sun-grown hybrid coffees trees?“
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El Salvador- Coffee and Biodiversity (#)

„The 3 year-project that will close in December is being implemented by the Coffee Research Foundation (PROCAFE) and Salva Natura, a local NGO, associated with the Rain Forest Alliance, an institution that certifies the production of environmentally friendly. It is sponsoredby the World Bank and the Global Environmental Facility (GEF) , In the present scenario of record decline in coffee prices, shade grown coffee represents a new option for coffee growers. According to project coordinator, Inés Maria Ortiz , "We have been able to create a platform for differentiating El Salvador's coffee, in such a way that we hope that the success achieved by the producers will encourage the development of a national policy in this area".“
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Amazon.com: Books: A Cafecito Story: El Cuento Del Cafecito (#)

„Written with Julia Alvarez’s deft touch, this is a story that stimulates while it comforts, waking the mind and warming the soul like the first cup of morning coffee. Indeed, this story is best read with a strong cup of organic, shade-grown, fresh-brewed coffee. One of those rare books that makes complex issues perfectly clear, "A Cafecito Story" shows the magnificent possibility of individuals changing their world for the better. An afterword by Bill Eichner, Julia’s partner in coffee growing (and in life) describes their experiences with Alta Gracia, the coffee farm and arts center in the Dominican Republic where they are demonstrating the promise of sustainable living.--This text refers to the“
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Coffee Kids | How You Can Help | Disaster Relief (#)

„The Gayo Organic Coffee Farmers Association (PPKGO) is an organic Fair Trade cooperative located in the Gayo Highlands of the Aceh province of Sumatra, Indonesia. Co-op members are small-scale coffee farmers dedicated to producing 100% shade-grown, organic coffee. In a region known for political conflict, the co-op has continued to produce, process, and export high quality Sumatran coffee. It has maintained relative peace and unity among an ethnically diverse membership comprised of Gayo, Javanese, Acehnese, Padang, and Batak peoples.“
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Coffee Guide - Coffee Politics (#)

„However, these numbers and the causes for the decrease in bird populations has been debated heavily. Until it is known if growing shade grown coffee is economically feasible, the trend towards technification will continue. Beyond the benefit that shade can provide to migratory birds, shade grown coffee is often better tasting. The shade has a similar effect on coffee as growing coffee at high altitudes. Both of these factors slow down the growth of a coffee which results in the production of more sugars and chemicals responsible for the perceived acidity in coffee.“
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Virtual Coffee: Feature Articles (#)

„Shade coffee is grown under native trees and therefore helps protect natural habitats and tropical forests in coffee-producing countries. In shade-grown coffee production, canopies of trees consisting of many species grow over the coffee. The trees provide a habitat for other flora and fauna. Companies that use shade coffee as a marketing claim are making a strong environmental statement to consumers that obviates the need for traceable farm-identified sources to ensure marketing integrity.“
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India coffee - Indian Coffee, monthly magazine - Cover story, The US coffee Market, Dr.S.Radhakrishnan April 2003, (#)

„Specialty Coffees: The specialty coffee market is highly differentiated, with no universally accepted definition as to what constitutes "specialty coffee" (Box.2). But this segment also includes coffees that are marketed as gourmet/rare origin/estate; organic; shade-grown (also called "bird friendly"); and "fair trade." The trio of organic, shade grown and fair trade coffees is recognized as the "sustainable coffee" segment. Flavoured coffees are an important component of specialty segment. While new flavours such as those with sweeter, creamier dessert and confectionery tastes (e.g.“
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Cafe Campesino ...from crop to cup a Fair Trade (#)

„Shade coffee generally works within the natural ecosystem in which the coffee grows, helping the system and receiving help from the system. Perhaps one of the greatest benefits of shade grown coffee is the preservation of the trees (in some sun and estate farming the trees are cut down to increase yield) and the biodiversity that lives within the trees, including: migratory and tropical birds, reptiles, ants, butterflies and a host of other organisms and plant life. This biodiversity has positive impacts on the overall environment, beyond the local canopies where the coffee is grown.“
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Tea & Coffee 08/01 - World News (#)

„SEATTLE, WASHINGTON - Starbucks Coffee Company recently unveiled Shade Grown Mexico coffee for the third consecutive year through its partnership with Conservation International (CI). This year, Starbucks purchased its largest supply of Shade Grown Mexico coffee to meet increased demand in several added distribution channels. Starbucks has also supplemented the coffee’s re-introduction by adding an interactive online experience to its web site that brings the endangered cloud forest of Chiapas, Mexico - the source of this environmentally friendly coffee - into the homes of consumers.“
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Primer on Shade Grown Coffee (INeedCoffee.com) (#)

„The good news is that there is a minimal price difference between coffee grown this way and a more conventionally grown equivalent -- about a dollar or two per pound. In order to make sure you are getting a true shade grown coffee, you should check with your roaster to ensure the coffee is certified as shade grown. Without the certification, you may not be getting the coffee you thought you were. The coffee industry has on several occasions become prey to shysters out to make a quick buck.“
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Shade Coffee at the Altar of Sacrifice (INeedCoffee.com) (#)

„In fact, the gross domestic product (GDP) which is an International barometer indicating the health of the economy directly depends on agriculture. Looking back in time, Shade grown Coffee Plantations have played a significant role in contributing to the GDP of the Country and more importantly, providing much needed foreign exchange during the early part of this century. Today, the situation is very different. The global crisis of plummeting price realizations below the average cost of production, over the last four years has taken coffee growers to the brink of disaster.“
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CoffeeGeek - Counter Culture Coffee and Earth Fare Team to Produce Sustainable Coffee Line (#)

„The line, called Earth Fare Trade, features shade-grown, Organic and Fair Trade ™ Certified coffees from select farms around the world. Growing coffee under shade forces coffee to mature more slowly, allowing richer and more complex flavors to develop, and helps protect and preserve natural rainforests and indigenous plants and animals.  Producing coffee organically ensures that no harmful pesticides or poisonous chemicals are used, which can be hazardous for the environment and the workers who are in direct contact with the chemicals.“
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Amazon.com: Books: Uncommon Grounds: The History of Coffee and How It Transformed Our World (#)

„Equally as interesting is the topic of "bird-friendly coffee". Basically it involves a long standing debate over the merits of "shade coffee" (grown under a canopy of trees and thus bird-friendly) or "sun coffee" which is grown on open and exposed slopes. As happens with most things, the discussion ends up as a political argument with opponents of the ecological approach labelling it politically correct coffee. Perhaps that's true, or maybe as others have suggested, it's a brilliant marketing strategy for selling speciality coffee.“
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Fair Trade, Organic & Shade Grown (#)

„Equal Exchange's certified organic coffees, and many of our conventional coffees, are also shade grown, a traditional farming method which benefits the farmer and the local environment. A typical shade grown farm is made up of coffee trees grown alongside other food crops under a canopy of taller trees. These taller trees provide fruit, wood and other valuable products to the farmer while offering protection and nutrients to the coffee plants and preventing erosion of the soil.“
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Further Reading and Resources (#)

„A company called Frontier sells herbs, spices and roasted organic coffee. Unfortunately, their coffee starts at $11.15/lb.plus shipping, but they have some very nice articles on shade-grown coffee, the recent turmoil in coffee prices, flavored coffee, sustainable growth, decaffeination, etc. Remember that these are editorials, and many in the coffee business would have valid criticism of them. But I think its good that roasters hold strong opinions about the politics of their trade.“
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Peet's Coffee & Tea (#)

„Shade-grown coffee refers to coffee trees that are interspersed with various species of trees that intermittently protect the coffee from the direct rays of the sun as shadows are created throughout the day. Most high-quality coffee is grown in the shade because the old varieties (which typically produce the best flavor) require it. The newer, high-yield hybrids are "self-shading" and grow in open sunlight, consuming more nitrogen from the soil.“
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Tea & Coffee 02/03 - Bear Market Boomerang in Coffee (#)

„Buy some value-added specialties, get Organic Certified (get some of the costs bock under the National Organic Certification Cost-Share Plan, authorized by the 2002 Farm Bill) and start roasting organic beans. Join SMBC’s “Bird Friendly” shade grown coffee program or other programs with sustainable coffee ideals. Buy some Fair Trade coffee to guarantee farmers a better than market price. And where possible, upgrade your blends to better and better coffees, outclassing the competition.“
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Coffee crisis: thanks to God and fair trade we're not starving - Fair Trade Coffee Project - Lutheran World Relief (#)

„Meeting coffee farmers in this corner of Central America we saw for ourselves that fair trade--which means fair price, fair credit and long-term benefits--is literally a lifeline for places like Las Colinas. For example, last year the Las Colinas co-op produced five containers of gourmet, shade-grown coffee. Two containers were sold at $1.26 per pound, the fair trade minimum price. The three other containers went for only 42 cents per pound, on the conventional commodities market.“
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The Coffees of Uganda (#)

„The variety of Wild Robusta Coffee still growing today in Uganda's rain forests are thought to be some of the rarest examples of naturally occurring coffee trees anywhere in the world. The coffee trees are intercropped with traditional food crops and grown in the shade of banana trees and other shade trees. In these self-sustaining conditions, coffee is left to grow naturally, flowering on average twice a year.“
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New Page 1 (#)

„Converting atraditional coffee farm into a technified operation involves clear cutting theforest.  A casualty of this conversion is biodiversity.  Studies inColombia and Mexico found 94-97% fewer bird species in "sun grown"coffee plantations than in "shade grown" coffee because most of thebirds are found in the canopy of the shade coffee plantations and very fewforage in the coffee plants.“
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CBBC Newsround | GLOBALISATION ENVIRONMENTAL | The real cost of coffee (#)

„The waste pulp and water from preparing the beans is disposed of without causing pollution. The coffee plants used to grow in the shade require less fertilizer and pesticide than those grown in the sun. Extension activity If time allows students can present their ideas to the group and get feedback. Plenary Which other goods and services have a price that does not include their environmental cost Prompt: Transport, energy, water, fossil fuels, almost everything.“
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Tea & Coffee 02/01 - World News (#)

„NEW YORK, U.S.A. - Shade-grown coffee is grown under a canopy of trees that supposedly provides a far better habitat for birds and other life than the typical open plantation. But a study by researchers including those from the University of Georgia has shown that there shade-grown coffee farms may not be as beneficial to bird-conservation as we may have thought, reports the New York Times.“
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Amazon.com: Books: The Natural Shade Garden (#)

„It has become a much used reference in my library, as well as just being so delightful to look through. As a Master Gardener and garden writer in a metropolitan area I get lots of questions about what can be grown in shade and half-shade areas; this book never lets me down for ideas, and I feel comfortable recommending it to both beginner and long time gardeners. The only thing I wish it was heavier on is native plants.“
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Global Exchange : Berkeley to vote on politically correct coffee (#)

„The proposal also would require that all coffee be organic or shade-grown. Organic coffee is grown without pesticides, herbicides and fungicides, many of which are banned in this country. Shade-grown or bird-friendly coffee is grown on traditional coffee plantations under the canopy of forest trees, home to more than 150 species of migratory birds.“
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CRS Fair Trade (#)

„If your coffee doesn't make you dizzy, then the seals on your coffee bag just might. Fair Trade, Bird-Friendly, Shade Grown, Organic—with so many seals making claims about social and environmental responsibility, even the most informed consumer can get confused. This resource provides a side-by-side comparison of the logos you are most likely to find on your coffee, and tells you what each one really does for farmers and the environment.“
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Fresh Cup Magazine (#)

„Shade grown coffee farms are home to countless species, and the climatic regions in which coffee is grown are the most diverse areas, in terms of species, in the world. This is why Café Mesa De Los Santos, located in Bogatá, Colombia, conducts annual studies of its farm’s resident and migratory wildlife. The most recent study, conducted by professor Camilio Peraza (birds), Jairo Perez-Torres (mammals), Andres A.“
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Fresh Cup Magazine (#)

„   One of the seminar's recurrent themes was how the human desire to control natural processes before fully understanding them tends to bear undesirable results. In classic shade-grown coffee, for example, leaves falling from trees feed microbes, insects, and fungi on and below the soil's surface, and these organisms, in endlessly complex and subtle ways, interact with each other and maintain a healthy ecological balance.“
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The Coffee Review - the world's leading coffee buying guide (#)

„The debate concerning a proper definition for "shade grown" is working its way through e-mails and coffee conferences, hopefully toward a definition that is both fair and environmentally sound. As it is now, the only existing certification procedure is very limited. The Smithsonian Institution licenses certified organic coffees that also meet Smithsonian criteria for growth under a biodiverse shade canopy.“
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CoffeeKid - Things I don't like about Coffee (#)

„Brasil: People have been heaping blame on Vietnam for flooding the market for the last few years, but Brasil's been doing it for 100 years or more, and clearcutting an entire nation and much of the world's rainforests to do it. I rarely buy Brasilian coffee because of this, unless I know for a fact the Brasilian coffee I buy is ethical, shade grown, and sustainable. You should educate yourself as well, and avoid most Brasilian coffees.“
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CoffeeGeek - Coffee Kids Partners with ForesTrade to Deliver Urgent Disaster Relief to Coffee (#)

„In a predominantly devout Muslim area, PPKGO is comprised of 20% women and maintains an ethnically diverse composition. Despite years of political unrest and civil strife in the region, the partnership has continued to produce, process and export high quality, 100% shade grown, organic and Fair Trade Sumatran coffee.  ForesTrade, Inc. is the world's largest supplier of organic tropical spices and a leader in Fair Trade coffee.“
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Amazon.com: Books: My Goodness : A Cynic's Short-Lived Search for Sainthood (#)

„He bought the most putrid movies by Robin Williams and Kim Basinger, to support their do-good deeds. He sipped shade-grown coffee and kale-based shakes. He wrote checks on soy and hemp paper for the Dog Toy Drive and Linda Tripp. He started "The Make a Wish, As Long As the Wish Doesn't Cost More Than Fifty Bucks, Foundation." He urged Tom's of Maine to put "cuddly rats" on its toothpaste tubes in solidarity with downtrodden vermin.“
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index (#)

„SHADE-GROWN: Left to nature, coffee bushes grow under a canopy of shade trees in tropical forests. Large, one-crop plantations typically are cleared of shade trees to achieve more efficient planting. These sun-exposed plantations have drawn criticism on many levels -- destruction of the rain forest, increased use of chemicals and so on.“
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The Coffee Review - the world's leading coffee buying guide (#)

„Some of the extra money paid by coffee lovers for Fair-Trade coffees is used to promote the Fair-Trade principle in consuming countries, but most of the premium reaches the farmers directly. Almost all Fair-Trade coffees are also certified organically grown and many are shade-grown. Therefore, buying a Fair-Trade coffee probably is the concerned coffee drinker's most impeccably progressive choice.“
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CoffeeGeek - The Basics of Ethical Coffees (#)

„Chemical fertilizers can include hormones, and can be hard on the environment around the coffee farms. Organic coffee is often also shade grown, since those farms are operating in a traditional environment. Many coffee farms practice organic farming, and some of them go on to become certified. Two of the organizations currently providing this are Organic Crop Improvement Assocation (OCIA) and The Demeter Association .“
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Birds are crazy (#)

„One study found a decrease from 10 to 4 commonspecies of migratory birds. As for the overall avifauna, studies in Colombia and Mexicofound 94-97% fewer bird species in sun grown coffee than in shade grown coffee. This comesas no surprise since over two-thirds of the birds are found in the canopy of shadeplantations and less than 10% are found foraging in coffee plants.“
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Indian coffee board- monthly magazine- Quality Circle- Mysores and Monsooned Malabars:Coffees of India (#)

„Quite literally, no coffee is grown in full sun in India. It's all grown in shade, usually massive shade, two tiers of it. Black pepper vines wrap their lavish way up the trunks of the shade trees. The result is coffee landscapes that look more like well-tended jungles or botanical gardens as painted by Rousseau than conventional farms.“
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It's All About Coffee (#)

„Choosing the right blend in your local coffee bar just keeps getting more complicated. Now java junkies are faced with terms like organic, shade grown and fair trade. Each of these "cause coffees" usually costs a few dollars more a pound, forcing consumers to balance issues of ecology and politics against their budgets. That can be a difficult task before the first dose of caffeine in the morning.“
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Virtual Coffee - The Hottest Online Coffee Zine! (#)

„About the Author - David Griswold is the president and founder of Sustainable Harvest Coffee Company, a Portland, Ore.-based green coffee importer who finds exemplary farms of organic, shade-grown and fair-trade coffees for specialty roasters through its relationship coffee program. For more information, visit www.SustainableHarvest.com.“
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Cafe Campesino ...from crop to cup a Fair Trade (#)

„The Environment — Small farmers use organic methods, which are more environmentally friendly and sustainable Small farmers disperse their plants throughout a region, a more environmentally friendly method. Small farmers plant shade grown coffee which is key to protecting certain species of birds. The existence of small farmers helps prevent the clear-cutting of larger estates.“
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CRS Fair Trade (#)

„Café Canopy is more than just a coffee importer.  We are organic coffee developers.  By offering certified shade grown, organic and Fair Trade coffees, Café Canopy supports the economic, environmental and social responsibilities of growing coffee.  Our objective is to maintain an equitable partnership between consumers, farmers and the environment.“
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Global Exchange : Coffee is grounds for initiative (#)

„So Young and his allies are asking voters next month to force the 350 or so Starbucks, Peet's and other restaurants and coffee bars that sell brewed coffee here to only use beans that are either grown organically, in the shade, and/or are cultivated by farmers who receive "fair-trade" value for their products. It would be the first law of its kind in the nation.“
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View topic - Fair Trade Only...Is it possible? - Coffee Forum (#)

„Ok...so as I am searching for the best coffee I can find to stock my still illusive drive thru, and looking for a way to differentiate myself from the other guy, literally there is only one where I live, I found a Triple Certified wholesaler. Is it possible to maintain a drive thru by providing only Fair Trade, shade grown, organic coffee?“
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Café Forum | Illinois Coffee Companies (#)

„Over 20 single estate and blended whole bean coffees. Shade grown and organic coffees are our specialty. - 306 W. Springfield Avenue, Urbana, IL 61801 - Tel: (217) 328-4262 - Fax: (217) 328-1574 - Email: malberty@earthlink.net - Url: www.strawberry-fields.com   Coffee Roasters Cherry Valley JavaMania Coffee Roastery, Inc.“
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View topic - Guatemalan Coffee - Coffee Forum (#)

„Dalton Coffee Company has been growing coffee in the Antigua region of Guatemala since 1870. Our coffees are all high- and shade-grown, mountain spring-washed and sun-dried. They feature a full body, strong flavor, and a pleasant acidity. We offer a full assortment of green and roasted beans to satisfy most demanding tastes.“
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Coffee Association of Canada (#)

„He said he would buy all of her high-altitude, strictly hard bean shade-grown coffee. He asked her what she needed to harvest the beans properly and maintain the quality of coffees he had cupped, or tasted, at her farm.“
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Global Exchange : Politically correct coffee mandate stirs election pot (#)

„The law would define acceptable coffee as certified organic, meaning grown without chemicals; shade-grown, meaning grown under trees that protect the soil and provide bird habitat; or fair trade, meaning growers received at least $1.26 a pound — $1.41 a pound for organic.“
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CoffeeGeek - Swiss Water Decaffeinated Coffee Company, Inc. Introduces Organic Cascadia Blend (#)

„In January 2004, Vancouver-based Swiss Water Decaffeinated Coffee Company Inc. (SWDCC) is launching its “Quadra-Seal™” brand of Organically Certified, Fair Trade Certified™, shade-grown SWISS WATER® Process decaffeinated green coffees.  The first offering to fall under the Quadra-Seal™ brand will be Cascadia Blend™.“
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Coffee around the World... - coffeecrew.com - victoria, b.c. canada (#)

„The Selva Negra Estate has been producing classic shade-grown Arabic coffee since 1890. Relatives of the original German settlers are here today on the Selva Negra Mountain Resort to welcome you. The estate's proprietors are dedicated to maintaining harmony on major portions of the estate that contain rain forest canopy.“
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Tea & Coffee 11/00 - World News (#)

„The aim was to find a way to create a devoted niche market for shade-grown coffee, tapping into the economic and environmental benefits. Starbucks had purchased 34,000 kilograms of shade-grown coffee on the fair-trade market last year and sold it within a month.“
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Café Forum | Ohio Coffee Companies (#)

„Wholesale and Retail sales of craft roasted coffees, (organics and shade grown coffees), over 60 types of loose teas. Staff training services. - 2479 West 11th Street, Cleveland, OH 44113 - Tel: 216 241-2479 - Fax: 216 621-8154 - Email: cityroast@core.com - Email: www.cityroastcoffee.com “
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Tea & Coffee 06/01 - What’s Brewing In Specialty Retail? (#)

„Often, these farms actually have more birds than there are on more densely-shaded farms. It is also possible (and common, Allegro asserts) for coffee to be shade grown but of poor quality, using excessive chemicals, and for the farm’s workers to be vastly underpaid.“
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Café Forum | Georgia Coffee Companies (#)

„Simons Island Coffee Galore Importer of coffee beans from the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, and Guatemala. Specializing in high altitude, shade grown, specialty coffee beans. We don't just calla broker and order beans. We only import the highest quality bean from each crop.“
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Global Exchange : reuters071201.html (#)

„"Shade grown coffee is still a niche market within the specialty coffee arena. I think it has good long-term growth potential not just from people who have a concern about the environment," said Charlie Cortellini, chief operating officer of First Colony Coffee & Tea Co. Inc.“
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Organic News Winter/Spring 1999 (#)

„Switching to organic cultivation preserves soil quality, improves product quality and prevents water contamination. Two-thirds of Equal Exchange's coffee import is organically and shade grown. (See sidebar.)“
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It's All About Coffee (#)

„Do you want to save the world? Although we choose coffee primarily for its taste and quality, many of our coffees are certified organic, shade grown, or bird friendly. This doesn’t mean that others are not organic etc., just that some have the seal. Ask us about this!“
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International Coffee Organization (#)

„However, India produces some of the world's best robustas, particularly the washed. India has the possibility to market many of its coffees as speciality, shade grown, gourmet and perhaps explore organically grown production.“
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It's All About Coffee (#)

„"Audubon Premium Shade Grown Coffee proves you can provide consumers with excellent coffee and do so in a progressive way that takes into consideration environmental and social concerns." —Patrick Milliman, Chief Communications Officer, National Audubon“
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Hawaii Coffee Association (#)

„Deposit has been made and agreement with hotel signed. We could extend an invitation to Leo Miranda to share on shade grown bird friendly coffee. It probably would not cost much. Committee to meet next week.“
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Love in the Shade (INeedCoffee.com) (#)

„Shade grown arabica, highland and certified organic, was becoming more than a fad.  Prices for robusta had flattened.  Sheer volume from chemically saturated sun grown fields ensured low prices.“
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Café Forum | Growers/Processors (#)

„Organic coffee from Costa Rica. High altitude, shade grown, super delicious. - Apdo. 443-4100, Grecia, Alajuela 4100 CR - Tel: 506-494-4706 - Fax: 506-444-0438 - Email: Info@tesdelsol.com - Url: www.TesDelSol.com “
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Indian coffee board- monthly magazine- Cover Story - Economic Incentives Required for Preserving and Enhancing Bio Diversity in Coffee Plantations (#)

„Arabica Coffee in India is grown under two canopies of shade. The lower canopy consists predominantly of dadaps (Erythirinia Lithosperma). This is also referred to as temporary shade.“
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MCC Coffee Project (#)

„TO ENCOURAGE ECOLOGICALLY SUSTAINABLE FARMING PRACTICES such as organic and shade-grown agriculture which build a long-term economic base for farmers while protecting community health and the environment.“
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Café Forum | Northern CA Coffee Companies | Page 2 (#)

„Altura Shade Grown Milds from Veracruz and Chiapas - Camperdown Way, San Jose, CA 95121 - Tel/Fax: 408-274-5311 - Email: floera7821@aol.com - Url: www.mayanwinds.com “
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Hawaii Coffee Association (#)

„Chifumi will be leading a tour on breeding program. A proposal is being written for shade grown coffee. GMO forum will be on Saturday in Kona.“
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BBC - Gardening - Plants - Snowdrop (#)

„Snowdrops will thrive in light shade under deciduous trees or shrubs, although they can be grown in containers if re-potted annually.“
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CoffeeGeek - Regional: United States West, to barefoot coffee roasters or anyone that has been there (#)

„Gets lost in lots of milk but awesome as straight shot and in machiatos and cappuccinos. Organic, Shade grown and Fair Traded.“
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Facts About Fair Trade (#)

„Small farmers plant shade grown coffee which is key to protecting certain species of birds“
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Larry's Beans (#)

„We buy organic, shade-grown coffees whenever possible and support sustainable farming methods.“
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Coffee Kids | Sustainable Coffee Links (#)

„Songbird Foundation (promoting shade-grown coffee)“
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