The Rainforest Alliance Cupping for Quality award is designed to recognize exceptional coffees carrying the Rainforest Alliance seal and to highlight the linkage between sustainable farm management practices and cup […]
Revised on March 4, 2021Certifications
How much eco-certified coffee do the world’s major coffee roasters purchase?
Revised on January 7, 2022All the coffee sourced by Caribou is 100% Rainforest Alliance certified. How this stacks up against other major coffee buyers, with a footnote on Caribou stock ownership.
Revised on January 7, 2022(Updated) Finca Platanillo in San Marcos, western Guatemala is the first coffee farm to be verified by Rainforest Alliance (RA) for compliance with the Climate Module of the Sustainable Agriculture […]
Revised on November 14, 2019The Fair Trade USA/FLO break-up and its ramifications is seeping into the mainstream media. Recently, for example, the New York Times published an article on the debate on the future […]
Revised on November 14, 2019A recent announcement by Fair Trade USA qualifies as major news that changes the meaning of “Fair Trade” certification in the U.S., and which may mean changes to environmental standards for coffee certified as FT by Fair Trade USA.
Revised on January 7, 2022Canada now has its own certified organic standards and seal.
Revised on January 7, 2022What does “certified organic” mean when it comes to coffee? What chemicals are allowed?
Revised on January 7, 2022From my accounts of previous trips, readers know I have a soft spot for Nicaragua. So I’m happy to report that the Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center has now has three […]
Revised on January 7, 2022There are so many great voices in the fair/Fair trade movement, I keep out of it aside from environmental aspects of certification and occasional links. Here are a few of […]
Revised on November 14, 2019Intensifying production while conserving biodiversity Food security and the ability of agricultural lands to feed over 9 billion people by 2050 is an increasingly-discussed topic. Part of this issue is […]
Revised on January 8, 2022Latest update March 2021 When sales and market shares of various certified coffees come out, I try to put them together in a post. Each certification scheme tends to announce […]
Revised on January 7, 2022Rainforest Alliance will require companies that use less than 100% certified beans in their coffees to increase that amount by a set percent each year until they reach 100%.
Revised on July 8, 2021As promised in the last post, here are the winners of the Rainforest Alliance Cupping for Quality awards from the April 2011 cuppings, which covers countries in Latin America, Ethiopia, […]
Revised on March 4, 2021The Rainforest Alliance Cupping for Quality award breakfast at the Specialty Coffee Association of America (SCAA) annual trade show is always the first function we attend each year at this […]
Revised on January 7, 2022