The results are in … sort of. The world’s biggest convenience store chain started running its third “7-Election” campaign back on Sept. 6, and thus far, things have looked good for the president. Either that, or Democrats drink a lot of 7-Eleven coffee. As President Barack Obama and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney prepared to […]
The Houston Ship Channel’s identity may be wrapped up in oil, the most heavily traded commodity in the world, but it’s also a top transit point for the second-most traded commodity on Earth: coffee. And the amount of beans pouring into the Port of Houston – most of them “green,” or unroasted – appears to […]
The International Coffee Organization is going ahead with plans to promote coffee consumption in developing countries as part of a global effort that almost doubled growth in demand in the past 10 years. Demand for arabica beans is already probably going to get a boost because of the increased prices of robusta, Roberio Oliveira Silva, […]
KAMPALA – Fred Ojambo (IPS) – Uganda, Africa’s biggest coffee exporter, is racing against time to boost its production of the crop by 60,000 tonnes, or one million 60-kilogramme bags, within the next three years. But some industry players believe that the feat is unattainable. This East African nation’s target is to raise annual output from 3.5 million […]
Fairtrade International became a member of the 4C Association on 17 September, joining the global sustainability platform for the coffee sector. In becoming a 4C Member, Fairtrade International joins a forum that includes a growing number of producers, trade and industry representatives, and civil society organisations that work together to address sustainability issues affecting coffee. […]
The price of coffee is skyrocketing on speculation that Colombia’s harvest will be smaller than expected for the fourth straight year. Coffee for December delivery jumped 10.6 cents, or 6.5 percent, to finish at $1.7365 per pound. That’s the highest level since early August. Although Brazil’s coffee crop appears headed toward a robust harvest, Colombia’s […]
* Arabica one of worst performing commodities in 2012 * Traders estimate Brazil crop at around 55 mln bags By Sarah McFarlane GENEVA, June 29 (Reuters) – High quality coffee prices could be plucked from 2 year lows as weather problems in world top grower Brazil damage beans, but demand remains tricky as cash-strapped consumers […]
Colombia’s coffee production may be 9 million bags in the 2012-13 season, according to commodity research company J. Ganes Consulting LLC. The Andean nation’s coffee output has dropped from a peak of 12.5 million bags in 2007-08 after damaging rains, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Roasters that switched to other beans may not […]
MARCALA, Honduras (Reuters) – In the small town of Marcala in the western mountains of Honduras, farmers are harvesting more coffee than ever before, part of a nationwide push to capitalize on higher prices that has doubled production in less than 10 years. But the boom comes with a cost. The coffee is coming in […]
14th May, 2012 Shade-grown, hand picked coffee is one of Peru’s biggest exports, but the country’s smallholder farmers face sustained crop losses from extreme weather. Matilda Lee reports from Peru Coffee connoisseurs will tell you that in Peru, the world’s seventh largest coffee grower, the high altitudes, Pacific Ocean winds and alternating periods of rain […]