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Coffee News Recap, 13 Jun: Gesha scores 98 points at 2025 BoP, potential IPO for Pret A Manger & other stories

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The pioneering farm first broke records in 2004, when it sold one of its Geshas for US $21/lb, making it the world’s most expensive coffee at the time. JAB hired bankers to attract new investors as it considers an IPO for the coffee and food to-go chain. The BoP auction will take place on 6 August.

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MRM Franchise Feed: Church’s Goes Hybrid and Curry Up Incentives Now

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“As many companies look to create a new normal for employees, Church’s has chartered a course that focuses on sustaining our team members and securing the continuity of our business,” said Karen Viera, Chief People Officer for Church’s Chicken.

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Feed the Rich, Save the Planet?

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Rockefeller, opened the Stone Barns Center for Food & Agriculture with his daughter Peggy Dulany in 2004, the nonprofit’s mission was to “ demonstrate, teach, and promote sustainable, community-based food production.” When David Rockefeller , the billionaire philanthropist and grandson of Standard Oil magnate John D.

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Stone Barns Claims It’s Fixing Agriculture. Former Employees Say the Farm Was Plagued by Dysfunction.

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Because of the pervasive influence of the Rockefeller family and Stone Barns in the relatively small world of sustainable agriculture, a number of people who spoke for this story did not wish to be identified. The farm is run by Jack Algiere, who was hired as the center’s first employee in 2003. Pseudonyms are denoted with asterisks.

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Blue Hill at Stone Barns Tells a Beautiful Story. Former Employees Say It’s Too Good to Be True.

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Located on a working farm that was once part of a sprawling Rockefeller estate, the restaurant is a beacon of the sustainable food movement. The Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture, a nonprofit regenerative farm and educational center, opened in 2004 on the site of a former dairy farm.

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The 38 All-Time Best Food Movies

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Along the way they rope in some women (three hired, one a local school teacher) to further indulge in carnal pleasures (it’s rated NC-17). The titular Babette flees violence in France to work for two pious sisters in 19th-century Denmark, whose bland diet of bread soup keeps them just sustained enough, but never tipping into gluttony.

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The Immense Human Cost of Keeping Thailand’s Palm Oil Flowing

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Human rights groups also allege that gangsters hired by Jiew Kang Jue Pattana repeatedly fired automatic rifles into the village and killed four of the community’s members, including Chai. acres) for building a home — provided they practice sustainable farming methods and sow a diverse mix of seeds.