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Tips to Navigate a Perfect Storm That’s Threatening Our Food Supply

Modern Restaurant Management

We were ill-prepared for the COVID pandemic that devastated the food industry with supply chain disruptions, product and labor shortages, and soaring inflation. Labor shortages mean food is rotting in shipping containers, warehouses, and trucks because there aren’t enough workers to get them to their final destinations.

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Medellín’s Cafes and Farms Are Taking Back Colombian Coffee

EATER

They’ve also helped reshape dynamics around the supply chain and the economic significance of Colombian coffee. As a family-owned company, we have to ensure the long-term sustainability of our business. If we do not ensure that our producers have a high and sustainable income, we will not have producers in the years to come.”

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Exploring the evolution of Jamaica’s coffee industry

Perfect Daily Grind

In the years that followed, the country’s agriculture industry restructured itself entirely; coffee estate owners now had to formally and legally employ workers and pay their wages. Subsequently, the British began investing in Jamaican agriculture, including establishing a mass irrigation project in 1868.

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Coffee News Recap, 23 Dec: SCA approves plant-based and other animal milks at WBC 2023, USDA predicts rebound in global coffee production and increased consumption for 2022/23 & other stories

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Dalla Corte launches PlaNet social responsibility and environmental sustainability programme. The Italian coffee equipment manufacturer received carbon neutral certifications for the Dalla Corte XT and Zero espresso machines, with emissions offset through the Ntakata Mountains project.

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Coffee News Recap, 3 Feb: “Huge differences” in caffeine content across major UK coffee chains, combining milk and coffee may have anti-inflammatory effects & other stories

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Rancilio Specialty’s RS1 espresso machine receives Italian Espresso Institute’s Premium Certification. The results were then verified to ensure compliance with the Italian Espresso Institute Premium Certification standards. Nyamayaro is a UN Special Advisor for the World Food Programme.

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Coffee News Recap, 5 May: WAC confirms more national competition hosts, Vietnamese robusta production set to fall to four-year low & other stories

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Mon, 1 May Westrock Coffee publishes 2022 Sustainability Progress Report. The report highlights the company’s key environmental and social sustainability activities from last year, including increasing global purchases of certified and verified responsibly-sourced coffee by 9% – amounting to an increase of over 19.5 million lbs.

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Coffee News Recap, 25 Nov: European dieticians believe coffee consumption has clear health benefits, PRF confirms multi-year sponsorship deals with MTPak Coffee and Ally Coffee & other stories

Perfect Daily Grind

The paper-based capsules include a biopolymer lining and are available as four new blends – including an organic coffee sourced from Nespresso’s AAA Sustainable Quality programme. Coffee and food-to-go chain LEON plans to double the number of its UK self-serve kiosks. Nespresso launches new home-compostable capsules.

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