Starbucks has been assessing the impacts of its CAFE Practices coffee sourcing program. While other big coffee companies trumpet their empty sustainability claims, Starbucks has been releasing these reports with a minimum of flag-waving and no attempt at greenwashing.
Revised on January 8, 2022Retail and specialty roasters
All 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, 2022Starbucks will discontinue their Organic Shade Grown Mexico coffee when their new Blonde roasts are rolled out early next year.
Revised on January 8, 2022News from Starbucks, featuring the announcement of a company-operated farm in China.
Revised on November 29, 2020A review of the environmental criteria in Starbucks green coffee sourcing guidelines finds they are as good as or better than some other popular certifications.
Revised on January 8, 2022Order from a variety of great coffee roasters from one site.
Revised on December 11, 2018Caribou Coffee recently announced that it will be sourcing all of its beans from Rainforest Alliance certified farms by the end of 2011.
Revised on December 11, 2018Some recent sustainability-related news regarding Starbucks: Starbucks has a new Conservation International-branded loyalty card. Every time a customer uses a CI Starbucks card from now through the end of 2010, five cents will go to Conservation International for forest preservation….
Revised on January 7, 2022A handy list of roasters who regularly carry Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center Bird-Friendly-certified coffee.
Revised on July 2, 2024For every bag of the Finca Nueva Armenia Holiday Blend purchased by a Coffee & Conservation reader from now through December 21, 2009, I will donate $1 to the Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center.
Revised on January 7, 2022By now, Café Femenino coffee should be available in many Kroger grocery stores across the nation. Café Femenino was founded in 2004 by Organic Products Trading Company (OPTCO, the exclusive […]
Revised on January 8, 2022Last year, Counter Culture Coffee launched its Direct Trade program. They also strarted rolling out their current line of packaging: brown kraft-like valve bags with a sleeve that has nice origin-appropriate art, a map on one side panel showing the…
Revised on December 1, 2018National Geographic is introducing a line of coffees called “Terra Firma.” Remarkably, none of them are certified organic or shade grown.
Revised on January 8, 2022Plainspoken Coffee. A Coffee Review for Ordinary People by Ordinary People, #41. Starbucks Organic Shade Grown Mexico is produced by around 900 small farmers on 3200 ha of land in the southern Mexican state of Chiapas [1]. Many of the…
Revised on January 28, 2021The Birds & Beans: The Good Coffee web site is now up and running. Since I posted about this initiative, which offers only Smithsonian Bird-Friendly certified coffee, there have been a few tweaks and changes. For a limited time, you…
Revised on December 13, 2019