The phone rings in Alicia Arrosteguis’s wooden-framed house in La Perla, a village in west Nicaragua. “I thought you said you would just be an hour,” she says to her husband on the other end of the line. “Come back this minute. And bring some lunch.” Everyone laughs, recognising the mock annoyance in her tone. […]
The Cult of the Bulletproof Coffee Diet By COURTNEY RUBIN DEC. 12, 2014 When Jimmy Fallon handed the actress Shailene Woodley a mug of coffee blended with butter on “The Tonight Show” in October, she didn’t recoil. Instead she raved to the audience about the cup of saturated fat: “It will change your life!” […]
Sustainable Management Services PNG and CARE International in PNG working in partnership to promote women’s meaningful participation in PNG’s coffee industry —->
By Caitlin McCarthy-Garcia Every year the Specialty Coffee Association of America holds a series of coffee competitions. Two of the more popular competitions begin at the regional level and the winners advance to the national, and finally, the world competition. This year I participated as a judge for the regional Brewer’s Cup competition held in […]
Sammy Venegas leads a crew of workers harvesting coffee at Good Land Organics. He comes from a long line of Oaxacan coffee growers and harvesters. (Lisa Morehouse/KQED) By Vickie Ly and Lisa Morehouse Nov 8, 2014 Share The most commonly traded commodity in the world is oil. What comes in second? Coffee. It’s been grown […]
BOGOTA, Colombia — The Colombian Coffee Growers Federation’s (FNC) reported that Colombia, the world’s leading producer of mild washed arabica coffee, registered an increase in production at the end of September. FNC attributed the improvement to its ambitious crop renovation and coffee leaf rust control programs. Production for the latest coffee harvest year (Oct. 2013-Sept. […]
by Brian Watt A strike by port clerical workers in 2012 idled trucks at the Port of Los Angeles Brian Watt/KPCC A labor contract covering about 20,000 dockworkers at west coast ports expired at 5:00 p.m. Tuesday, but cargo continued to move, as negotiators on both sides said they’ll keep talking on a new contract. […]
– RTRS 23-Jun-2014 12:41 SAO PAULO, June 23 (Reuters) – Football fever is so intense in Brazil, the host of the World Cup soccer tournament, that even the main shipping ports in the commodity-exporting powerhouse are shutting down when the national team plays. In Paranagua, Brazil’s No. 2 soy exporting port, the dock workers’ union […]
Colombia will strengthen its newly-rediscovered grip on third rank among world coffee producers next season, lifting its harvest to a seven-year high, while heavy rains lower output in rival Indonesia. Colombian coffee production will hit 11.9m bags in 2014-15, the highest since 2007-08, as bushes mature that were planted a reseeding programme aimed at promoting […]
E – In this Feb. 9, 2013, file photo, small coffee producer Hector Perez show coffee beans damaged by the roya fungus in San Gaspar Vivar, Guatemala. The U.S. government is stepping up efforts to help Central American farmers fight a devastating coffee disease _ and to keep the price of your morning cup down. […]