Sentences with phrase «for coffee farms»

Nowadays, the Kintamani region is the biggest region for the coffee farms.

Situated in the Kona region of Hawaii, which is widely renowned for its coffee farms, the course offers dramatic elevation changes that range from 1,800 to 2,850 feet.

The rainforest was replanted by Major Manuel Gomes Archer in the 19th century after the original area was destroyed to make way for coffee farms.

Rainforest Alliance will be adding a carbon module to their certification for coffee farms (presumably other crops they certify).

The SAN criteria regarding shade for coffee farms has slowly changed in the past decade.

I've also written about the potential for coffee farms to provide carbon sequestration services, and think the ABC proposal is very worthy of support.

Here, I'll look at the farm compliance for coffee farms.

However, RA boasts that certification for coffee farms increases income, yield, opens new markets, and provides other economic benefits.

Yet in response to my post regarding the weakening of Criterion 2.8 for coffee farms, a Rainforest Alliance representative stated: «The current criterion 2.8 has not been implemented fully by farms and hence has not been effective in terms of delivering the objective of providing an agroforestry framework that balances both ecosystem services of trees with profitable production scenarios.»

«As Ethiopia is the main natural storehouse of genetic diversity for Arabica coffee, what happens in Ethiopia could have long - term impacts for coffee farming globally.»

Not exact matches

Equal Exchange pays a 15cents per pound premium for certified organic and shade - grown coffee, offering anincentive to farm sustainably.

To further ensure farm family livelihoods for generations to come, Conservation International, Starbucks and other industry leaders announced a call to action to make coffee the first sustainably sourced agricultural product in the world.

The Nicaragua Hot - line from Witness for Peace dated February 1, 1990 contained the following headings: CONTRAS KIDNAP 56 WORKERS FROM PRIVATE COFFEE FARM IN JINOTEGA; CONTRAS KILL TWO FARMERS IN CHONTALES; CONTRAS KILL MAN AND 11 - YEAR - OLD BOY IN CHONTALES; CONTRAS KIDNAP FOUR NEAR LA CONCORDIA;

According to the company, its farm is at an elevation of approximately 1,400 meters, the ideal height for the best - quality coffee beans.

Kubena says the company has extensive knowledge of the entire process from the farm to the store and its vertical integration make it possible for Espresso Americano to offer customers the best possible cup of coffee.

Composed of more than 630 farms ranging in elevation from 500 ′ to 3,000 ′ (150 to 915 meters), this region defines Hawaii coffee for most people.

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But giving your mom a speech about how you are morally superior to her for not eating animals is false logic, considering the slave labor used to produce your fruits, vegetables, nuts, and other delicious animal - free ingredients (coffee, sugar, bananas, mangos, berries, peaches, and cashews are just a few examples of foods imported from the third world where workers are severely mistreated and underpaid, or farmed by underpaid Mexican immigrants in the US).

From sourcing the best coffee beans from family farms and premier growers to sharing our enthusiasm for fresh ingredients, we believe in making coffee an experience.»

Coffee embodies Jamaica and has a meaningful impact on the farmers who work for us, the people in the processing center and the local community around the farm.

Alumbre, named for the river that flows west facing the hills of the Tarrazu region of Costa Rica, is long revered as home to some of the finest coffee farms in the world.

On the way back, we toured the excellent Singapore zoo, an orchid farm, and finally stopped for a late lunch at a neighborhood Chinese coffee shop.

These shade coffee farms provide critical refuge for birds and wildlife in El Salvador.

The High 5 For Farmers program provides support directly to the farms where the organic coffee is produced by providing $ 10,000 to growers to complete much needed community based projects in education, health care, agricultural programs and farm development.

The forestation is extremely abundant and to say that the coffee farms are providing «critical refuge» for the birds as if they would have nowhere else to be without them is simply absurd.

There are a lot of waterfalls and if you are into waterfalls the island of Hawaii and a major portion of the coffee farms have at least one, often used as a natural rinsing agent for beans.

See their web site for photos of coffee farms in their various regions (they include farms outside the Kilamanjaro area).

For example, migratory birds often use shade coffee farms as a corridor when moving between temperate and tropical regions (e.g., Greenberg et al. 1997).

I learned how to identify potential sustainability «hotspots» for any coffee producer, regardless of how comparatively ecologically friendly their farming practices may be.

Unlike sun coffee systems, which do not provide pollinators with resources throughout the year (Jha and Vandermeer 2010) and are less permeable to dispersing organisms (e.g., Muriel and Kattan 2009), shade coffee farms can promote pollinator populations and serve as corridors for organisms moving regionally between forest fragments.

In the last two decades, the value of shade - grown (or simply shade) coffee farms for biodiversity conservation and ecosystem service provision has gained widespread attention from the public and scientific communities (Perfecto et al. 1996, Tscharntke et al. 2011, Jha et al. 2012, De Beenhouwer et al. 2013).

I've been talking to a lot of people about this and looking all around Central America for examples of private investment in coffee farms.

For example, 81 % of the coffee in Nicaragua and El Salvador grew under a shade canopy in 1996, and although recent surveys document declines in shade tree diversity since then, these declines mostly occurred on larger farms; in contrast, many smallholder cooperatives preserve high levels of biodiversity, including more than 100 species of shade trees on fewer than 30 farms (Méndez et al. 2010a).

Forested areas located adjacent to the coffee producing sections of the farm are conserved, providing habitat for a variety of wildlife.

(Updated) Finca Platanillo in San Marcos, western Guatemala is the first coffee farm to be verified by Rainforest Alliance (RA) for compliance with the Climate Module of the Sustainable Agriculture Network (SAN, the standards - setting organization for RA).

* RA and its partners have also worked on developing a guide for farmers on how to measure and verify carbon stored on coffee farms to enable producers to receive payments for carbon credits.

Whip up these Pumpkin Coffee Cake Muffins featuring Bolthouse Farms ® Vanilla Plant Protein Milk for a scrumptious seasonal treat.

Kraft is buying so much coffee from Rainforest Alliance Certified farms to blend into Yuban that the result is HUGE benefits for farmers, their families, communities, waterways and wildlife.

There are some contributing factors that make coffee farms in this area poor reserves for biodiversity.

It sounds like the bulk of this coffee is sold to the large multinational roasters for grocery store blends, who could well afford to assist in developing sustainable agricultural in the area that supports biodiversity and farm family income.

Sumatran coffee farms use very few species of shade trees, including the non-native Gliricidia sepium, which may not provide proper resources for native fauna.

Added benefit: the shade requirements for Rainforest Alliance Certified coffee and cocoa farms also happen to produce better tasting beans (who says you can't be both virtuous and indulgent?).

Rainforest Alliance Certified ™ farms in Kenya, Peru and Colombia earned top scores at the Rainforest Alliance's December Cupping for Quality, held at the Specialty Coffee Association of America (SCAA) Lab in Long Beach, California.

I obsess over scarves, riding boots, getting coffee, visiting pumpkin farms, smelling (and drinking) all the cider, taking Quinn for walks and watching football.

«Rainforest Alliance Certified farms implement better farm practices that result in environmental, social and economic benefits, and those methods tend to result in better conditions for growing coffee,» said Sabrina Vigilante, director of markets at the Rainforest Alliance.

Look for more profiles of birds found on coffee farms in the coming months.

I think it's important to create and preserve sustainable and environmentally - friendly farm land for coffee growers, and I also enjoy a great - tasting cup of coffee.

Family owned since its founding, the farm is known for the quality of the high - altitude, shade - grown Arabica Coffee it produces.

With its pure water supply, near pristine growing environment and dedication to conservation - based farming methods, this 2,300 - hectare farm on the banks of the Gemadro River is setting new standards for progressive, sustainable coffee farming.

Following recommendations offered by CoopeTarrazú agronomists, Araya also prepared for a roya (coffee - leaf rust) attack, which has begun to affect once - immune altitude regions like Tarrazú — her farm is located at 5,250 f. (1,600 m) above sea level — due to global warming.