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Certifications and direct trade in the coffee industry

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There is also no specific “direct trade” certification for coffee – and as such, the definition of it can be used rather loosely in the coffee industry. To learn more about the relationship between direct trade and certifications in the coffee industry, I spoke with two coffee professionals who work with private certification initiatives.

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How can producers use green coffee to barter for other goods and services?

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You may also like our article on whether it is possible to get good quality coffee from unripe cherries. When talking about sustainability in the coffee industry, we often consider three key pillars: social, economic, and environment. The programme has four elements: transparent trading, coffee quality, sustainability, and logistics.

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How can coffee professionals use technology to comply with new EU deforestation regulations?

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Among the many sustainability issues in global agriculture, deforestation is one of the most prominent – including in coffee production. You may also like our article on growing sustainability in the coffee supply chain. In fact, deforestation on a small scale can actually be sustainable.

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Do specialty coffee consumers actually want to be more connected to farmers?

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You may also like our article on why more producers don’t market their own coffee. Forging connection to origin: a specialty “special” One of the main selling points of specialty coffee is that it is more sustainable, traceable, and transparent than commodity-grade coffee. But why is this? We need real traceability,” Marianella says.

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An Ethos Worth Investing In

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When we set out to found Conscious Hospitality Group and our flagship brand, Just Poké, we embraced the values most important to us – sustainability, and people being at the forefront – that we dreamed of implementing when developing our first business plan years ago.

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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. Sucafina North America completes full acquisition of green coffee importer Sustainable Harvest.

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How can technology support the future of coffee production?

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To understand more about how the use of technology could affect coffee production in the future, I spoke with several industry professionals who are developing these technologies and who work with Sucafina , a sustainable farm-to-roaster coffee trader. Collins Mugabi is the Sustainability Business Analyst Manager for Sucafina.