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Links to resources for trade data, price and production information, and publications on the coffee market. From the Foreign Agriculture Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).
http://www.fas.usda.gov/htp/tropical/coffee.html
Topics: Beverages, Crops, Industries

Last updated Sep 15, 2004


International Coffee Organization (ICO) view detail comment email this

Statistics on the coffee trade, covering prices, imports and exports, and production. Also features reports on the international coffee market, background information about coffee plants and coffee-making methods, and information about the economics of the coffee industry. The ICO is an intergovernmental organization for coffee that was set up under the auspices of the United Nations.
http://www.ico.org
Topics: Beverages, Industries

Last updated Sep 13, 2004


Northwest Shade Coffee Campaign view detail comment email this

Information about the Seattle Audubon Society's efforts to educate people on the benefits of shade-grown coffee. Businesses can learn what steps they can take to help protect the habitat of birds. Consumers can educate themselves about the coffee they are drinking, find out where to buy shade-grown coffee in the Pacific Northwest, and discover how to get involved in preserving and protecting an animal species. Features the quarterly newsletter Cuentos de la Sombra.
http://www.shadecoffee.org
Topics: Animals, Beverages, Birds, Industries, Regions of the World

Last updated Jun 9, 2008


Songbird Foundation view detail comment email this

Describes a nonprofit organization that is primarily concerned with "raising awareness among coffee consumers, retailers, growers and distributors of the effect of sun-grown coffee on the songbirds and the rain forest on which they depend for essential habitat." Features information about shade-grown coffee, forests, birds, farmers, and how to help. Includes links to news articles and resources. Note: the bird songs don't play in the Mozilla browser.
http://www.songbird.org/
Topics: Agriculture, Animals, Beverages, Birds, Environment, Industries, Plants

Last updated Jan 19, 2005


The State of Sustainable Coffee: A Study of Twelve Major Markets view detail comment email this

This World Bank Group 2003 report "documents the fundamental features of the main sustainable coffee available today, as well as the state of their current markets. It calls for stricter guidelines and policies on what can be labeled organic, fair trade, and shade grown — collectively known as sustainable coffees." Opens directly into a PDF document.
http://www.iisd.org/pdf/2003/trade_state_sustainable_coffee.pdf
Topics: Agriculture, Beverages, Crops, Economics, Industries

Last updated Jun 18, 2008





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