"Sustainable coffee is produced on a farm with high biological diversity and low chemical inputs. It conserves resources, protects the environment, produces efficiently, competes commercially and enhances the quality of life for farmers and society as a whole."
-- Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center, First Sustainable Coffee Congress overview paper
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February 2, 2009: Welcome, nature bloggers
If you are coming here from my interview at the Nature Blog Network, welcome! Browse around -- the user guide can get you started, and if you have any burning questions, my contact info is on the about page.
January 5, 2009: Help promote sustainable coffee!
I'm not much on awards personally, but I was pleased to find out that Coffee & Conservation is one of ten finalists for Best Food Blog, out of dozens of nominees, in the 2008 Weblog Awards. Every vote for Coffee...
October 27, 2008: Welcome ProBlogger readers!
Darren Rowse ran a little experiment on his excellent site, ProBlogger, last weekend. He invited folks to promote their blogs in 140 characters or less. There were 1400 responses, and Darren picked 10 of his favorite pitches. First on his...
September 28, 2008: Shade coffee at Dave's Garden
Dave's Garden is an enormous web site that covers every issue of interest to gardeners. The site just had a feature article on shade coffee by Marna Towne. Marna hits all the high points to introduce DG users to this...
July 20, 2008: Sustainable Coffee at Low Impact Living
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...
July 15, 2008: The Nature Conservancy gets behind sustainable coffee
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...
July 2, 2008: A new look for Coffee & Conservation
If you are reading C&C from a feed reader, click on over and have a look at the new site design. The goal was to make information on the site easier to find, as well as easier on the eye....
December 22, 2007: Solstice greetings from C&C
Warm wishes on the winter solstice, from the main jury members of the Coffee & Conservation tasting panel. Mike (Risky Kingbird), Greg (Star[bucks]ling), Terry (Coal Tit), Julie (BirdBarista), and Darrin (Kingfisher). Ordinary people!
July 3, 2007: Support organic here at home
Help move America's mindset toward healthier food by asking Congress to allocate more than the current paltry 1% of the Farm Bill to support organic farmers. The bill includes $76 billion (not a typo) of your tax dollars in subsidies...
December 21, 2006: Welcome new readers!
(I've moved this post to the top for a little while. Check below for new posts.) As Coffee & Conservation has recently been accepted into the 9rules Network, many new readers will be dropping by. C&C can be a little...
October 3, 2006: Coming up...
Here are some things that are in the works at C&C. A piece on El Salvador with several short coffee reviews. Reviews of some coffees from Finca Hartmann, a popular birding destination in Panama. Reviews of the sustainability (and taste)...
September 27, 2006: C&C at BirderBlog
BirderBlog and 101 Ways to Help Birds author Laura Erickson has given a nice link to Coffee & Conservation in her tip on helping birds by drinking bird-friendly coffee. Cool.
August 17, 2006: Kudos for C&C
Hummingbird, a blog about greening up travel, wrote a very flattering post about Coffee & Conservation. Author Charlie really gets the point: "At the very least 'Coffee and Conservation' should make all coffee-drinkers look more closely at the brands they...
February 1, 2006: About Coffee & Conservation
About Coffee & Conservation Coffee is probably one of the most poorly understood food products in the world, especially considering how ubiquitous it is in our lives -- Geoff Watts, coffee buyer, Intelligentsia. The purpose of Coffee & Conservation is...
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