Wake Up, Smell the Coffee
Coffee is a totemic issue for activists. See here how the coffee trade helps spread prosperity worldwide. To celebrate the launch of Panama Palo Alto coffee in Taiwan the Central America Trade Office...
View ArticleWhy We'll Have to Wait for a Sip of Zambian Coffee
Trade barriers can frustrate the efforts of even the most entrepreneurial of developing country producers to add value to their crops. Willem Lublinkhof has taken to calls for specialty crops and value...
View ArticleCafé Culture in Buenos Aires - Not a Starbucks in Sight!
In this era of globalization, Buenos Aires has managed to preserve its traditional, slow-paced coffee culture.In Argentina everything is settled over a cup of coffee. Despite the profusion of cafés in...
View ArticleAssisting Haitian Communities
David McNamee, Assistant Professor of International Business in Portland, United States hopes to bring his skills and experience to farmers in a small Haitian community.Etienne Francois (left) has...
View ArticleCoffee and Job Creation, All in One Place
Would you like to create a job with that latte?Starting today, this will be the question you’re asked the next time you step into a Starbucks for a cup of coffee. November 1st marks the beginning of...
View ArticleMultinationals lead push for sustainable coffee in Vietnam
Sure, sustainable farming is good for the environment. But as more and more companies are realizing, it can be good for business as well. Case in point: Vietnam, where multinational corporations have...
View ArticleBolivia's new drug crop of choice: caffeine
As the war on drugs continues to appear futile, the drug that supplants coca’s stranglehold over Bolivian farmers might turn out to be ... coffee. In 2004, USAID introduced the idea of “specialty”...
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