Sentences with phrase «shade coffee certification»

Biodiversity, yield, and shade coffee certification.

Not exact matches

We are committed to protecting wildlife habitat and providing assistance to our coffee farmers through our shade grown coffee certification.

The focus is on research on coffee growing (e.g., how shade impacts pests, yield, and biodiversity), as well as topics such as the economics of various certifications.

I've spoken to a lot of consumers, and their overall impression is that RA certification is an ecological one and they generally believe that it indicates that the coffee is shade grown.

For the most concise before - and - after comparison of the changes in the shade requirements for Rainforest Alliance certification, I provide below the criteria for coffee from the 2005 SAN standard.

The Rainforest Alliance has a certification program for coffee that has an array of environmental standards, although shade cultivation is not a requirement.

Many farms might, under the revised criteria, be able to cut back shade (even if not due to contingencies like rust - epidemic), which may not help biological diversity or the ideas behind shade - grown coffee that sustainability certification was meant to address.

Regarding coffee certifications, Coffee & Conservation has been primarily concerned with criteria defining «shade» because those are the guidelines for canopy cover, vegetation structure, and tree species that promote biodiversity - friendly condicoffee certifications, Coffee & Conservation has been primarily concerned with criteria defining «shade» because those are the guidelines for canopy cover, vegetation structure, and tree species that promote biodiversity - friendly condiCoffee & Conservation has been primarily concerned with criteria defining «shade» because those are the guidelines for canopy cover, vegetation structure, and tree species that promote biodiversity - friendly conditions.

I recently reviewed a paper, Field - testing ecological and economic benefits of coffee certification programs, that included a nifty summary table of the criteria used for shade certification by Rainforest Alliance, and Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center (under the «Bird - Friendly» trademark).

The criterion will apply to all crops of SAN's certification portfolio, not only to coffee, cocoa or other crops not tolerant to shade and therefore will increase SAN's positive impact on the more than 1.1 million certified farms in 42 countries.

The overall structure of the criterion means that «shade monoculture» or even «sun coffee» can receive Rainforest Alliance certification.

Which brings me back to asking you about your personal thoughts about the certification programs, especially those regarding shade grown coffee.

Rainforest Alliance certified coffees have no organic requirement, and other «shade grown» claims that lack a certification are anybody's guess.

The paper is a straightforward look at the how different shade coffee systems store carbon and their levels of greenhouse gas emissions, as well as how a few certifications (organic, Rainforest Alliance, UTZ Certified) influence those metrics.

OCIA offers a separate certification for organic / shade coffee.

At least two organizations providing coffee certification services have incorporated shade criteria into their organic certification standards.

Shade coffees are not labeled certified, although some do come from Smithsonian (SMBC) certified sources; unfortunately the fee to use the seal can sometimes be cost - prohibitive to a small roaster in the same way that the certification fee can be unaffordable for farms and co-ops.

Considering that a number of Caribou offerings are from Africa and Asia, which are not eligible for shade certification and which often are grown under shade as a matter of course, this means that well over half of Caribou's coffees will represent shade coffees, in one shape or form.

After visiting some coffee farms in Panama's western highlands, I have some thoughts regarding shade certification programs.

The certification gives growers access to gourmet market price premiums, and the timber and fruit trees on shade coffee farms provide farmers with additional income.

For the most concise before - and - after comparison of the changes in the shade requirements for Rainforest Alliance certification, I provide below the criterion for coffee from the 2005 SAN standard.

The standard for Rainforest Alliance certification just underwent a major overhaul that more or less gutted the formerly decent shade requirements for coffee.

In fact, Fair Trade certification has no criteria related to growing coffee under shade, it does not require organic certification, it contains no guidelines for management of native or non-native species, it does not require any inventory of wildlife or prohibit hunting or trafficking in animals.

In my post, «Why certifying shade coffee is so complex,» I ended with a comment regarding the upside - down nature of shade (or organic) certification.

The U.S. has two separate shade certification systems intended to ensure that Latin American shade - grown coffee is produced under a set of scientific guidelines.