ADVANCED TEMPLATES!!! tag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-242677 2008-07-24T20:50:09-04:00 Are your beans for the birds? TypePad tag:typepad.com,2003:post-51683034 2008-07-24T20:50:09-04:00 2008-07-24T22:24:01-04:00 Julie Juan Valdez, a half million small farmers, 1871 bird species, generic coffee, sparkling microlots, and the coffee and cocaine connection. There's a lot to tell in the Colombian coffee story. <p><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/coffeehabitat?a=jlzoO7"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/coffeehabitat?i=jlzoO7" border="0"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/coffeehabitat?a=22dAbJ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/coffeehabitat?i=22dAbJ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/coffeehabitat?a=dHvEnj"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/coffeehabitat?i=dHvEnj" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/coffeehabitat?a=CLfECJ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/coffeehabitat?i=CLfECJ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/coffeehabitat/~4/345221243" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.coffeehabitat.com/2008/07/colombia.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-49381036 2008-07-21T20:00:00-04:00 2008-07-21T19:58:54-04:00 Julie Rainforest Alliance will be adding a carbon module to their certification for coffee farms (presumably other crops they certify). They are also looking for further incentives to encourage farmers to plant more trees, including developing a system that would allow coffee companies to buy carbon from farmers along with their coffee beans. <p><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/coffeehabitat?a=lHsU65"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/coffeehabitat?i=lHsU65" border="0"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/coffeehabitat?a=UrsEhJ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/coffeehabitat?i=UrsEhJ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/coffeehabitat?a=aHxBqj"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/coffeehabitat?i=aHxBqj" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/coffeehabitat?a=GyzIbJ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/coffeehabitat?i=GyzIbJ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/coffeehabitat/~4/342025745" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.coffeehabitat.com/2008/07/rainforest-alliance-introduces-carbon-module.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-52951078 2008-07-20T19:13:51-04:00 2008-07-20T19:13:51-04:00 Julie I've done a little mash-up on how to choose sustainable coffee over at Low Impact Living, a great site with articles and tips on everything from eco-friendly burial options to understanding polluted runoff. Go check it out, and don't forget... <p><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/coffeehabitat?a=ACVmcU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/coffeehabitat?i=ACVmcU" border="0"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/coffeehabitat?a=wvvPOJ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/coffeehabitat?i=wvvPOJ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/coffeehabitat?a=Rt36pj"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/coffeehabitat?i=Rt36pj" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/coffeehabitat?a=U4ZZEJ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/coffeehabitat?i=U4ZZEJ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/coffeehabitat/~4/341010316" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.coffeehabitat.com/2008/07/sustainable-coffee-at-low-impact-living.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-52743750 2008-07-15T17:58:09-04:00 2008-07-15T18:07:14-04:00 Julie A few weeks ago, I corresponded with Jonathon Colman, the associate director of digital marketing at The Nature Conservancy (and possibly the most intense user of social media that I have ever encountered). Turns out he is a coffee lover... <p><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/coffeehabitat?a=oiei9g"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/coffeehabitat?i=oiei9g" border="0"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/coffeehabitat?a=jBRHoJ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/coffeehabitat?i=jBRHoJ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/coffeehabitat?a=HQeacj"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/coffeehabitat?i=HQeacj" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/coffeehabitat?a=o0U4XJ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/coffeehabitat?i=o0U4XJ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/coffeehabitat/~4/336476767" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.coffeehabitat.com/2008/07/the-nature-conservancy-gets-behind-sustainable-coffee.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-49607950 2008-07-13T19:20:00-04:00 2008-07-13T16:49:56-04:00 Julie Certified coffees (organic, Fair Trade, Bird-Friendly, Rainforest Alliance, Utz, and Starbucks C.A.F.E. Practices) make up only about 4% of world green coffee exports, or about 220,000 metric tons. The U.S. is a major importer of various types of certified coffee, which make up nearly 8% of green bean imports. Let's take a quick look at the market share and growth of the three certification labels that focus largely on ecological standards: organic, Rainforest Alliance, and Bird-Friendly. <p><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/coffeehabitat?a=rbun7O"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/coffeehabitat?i=rbun7O" border="0"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/coffeehabitat?a=PEN3cJ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/coffeehabitat?i=PEN3cJ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/coffeehabitat?a=shYScj"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/coffeehabitat?i=shYScj" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/coffeehabitat?a=wSsswJ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/coffeehabitat?i=wSsswJ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/coffeehabitat/~4/334636503" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.coffeehabitat.com/2008/07/what-is-the-market-share-of-certified-coffees.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-52115354 2008-07-10T10:48:00-04:00 2008-07-11T07:23:50-04:00 Julie I'd like to inaugurate my "Know your coffee birds" series with the bird Coffee & Conservation uses to rate coffees (e.g., a "five star" coffee here is a "five motmot" coffee): the Blue-crowned Motmot (Momotus momota). Motmots are a family... <p><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/coffeehabitat?a=nqkXP5"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/coffeehabitat?i=nqkXP5" border="0"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/coffeehabitat?a=K8HcXJ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/coffeehabitat?i=K8HcXJ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/coffeehabitat?a=173pUj"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/coffeehabitat?i=173pUj" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/coffeehabitat?a=tI9CzJ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/coffeehabitat?i=tI9CzJ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/coffeehabitat/~4/331934347" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.coffeehabitat.com/2008/07/know-your-coffee-birds-blue-crowned-motmot.html