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February 28, 2008: Einstein's Bros. and Noah's coffees

Feb 29 cheap coffee promotion, and where it all comes from In honor of leap day/year, Einstein Bros. Bagels and Noah's Bagels, both owned by Einstein Noah Restaurant Group, Inc., are offering regular coffee for 29 cents on February 29...

February 18, 2008: Blogging bird and coffee research

At the Partners in Flight 4th International Conference BackgroundWearing my occupational hat as an ornithologist, I just attended the Partners in Flight (PIF) conference in south Texas. PIF is a consortium of conservation agencies and organizations that partner to conserve...

February 14, 2008: Research: Spiders on Indian coffee farms

Kapoor, V. (2008). Effects of rainforest fragmentation and shade-coffee plantations on spider communities in the Western Ghats, India. Journal of Insect Conservation, 12(1), 53-68. DOI: 10.1007/s10841-006-9062-5 Ants and butterflies are often the two most studied arthropods on coffee farms, so...

February 7, 2008: Coffee review: Doi Chaang Coffee

Plainspoken Coffee. A Coffee Review for Ordinary People by Ordinary People, #33. The vast majority of the coffee grown in Thailand is robusta, grown in the southern part of the country and commonly doused with chemicals. In the late 1970s,...

February 3, 2008: Why certifying shade coffee is so complex

After visiting some coffee farms in Panama's western highlands, I have some thoughts regarding shade certification programs. I am aware that there are pros and cons of various certifications. And as I frequently note here on C&C, farms lacking certifications...

February 1, 2008: La Montana update

Earlier this month I reported on Terroir Coffee's emergency fundraiser for the owner of Finca La Montaña. This farm won the 2007 El Salvador Cup of Excellence and was severely damaged by a freakish wind storm in early January. (The...

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