Where Will We Grow Coffee when the Earth Heats Up?

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Where Will We Grow Coffee when the Earth Heats Up?

By Tim Thompson on Wednesday, August 31st, 2016 | No Comments

A recent study by The Climate Institute on behalf of Fair Trade Australia predicts that coffee production in current areas where it is grown will fall significantly in the coming years as temperatures and high altitude rainfall increase. Here is a bit about the climate change risks to coffee. The coming decades are likely to […]

Will Climate Change Destroy Coffee Production

By Tim Thompson on Friday, January 22nd, 2016 | No Comments

A hotter climate is going to be bad for coffee. We have written about how coffee leaf rust wipes out coffee crops. Coffee farmers need to replant with new strains and plant higher on the mountain where temperatures are lower. Will climate change destroy coffee production? According to CNBC, the CEO of Illy, climate change […]

Leaf Rust Resistant Honduran Coffee

By Tim Thompson on Thursday, July 2nd, 2015 | No Comments

Research into resistant coffee strains and significant replanting has led to increased Honduran coffee output and exports. Agrimoney.com writes about how the third ranking exporter of Arabica coffee is well on its way to overcoming coffee leaf rust and bringing exports back up to traditional levels. Honduran coffee production, and exports, will hit a record […]

The Biology of Shade Grown Organic Coffee

By Tim Thompson on Thursday, April 16th, 2015 | No Comments

Coffee has lots of great health benefits and healthy organic coffee is the best as going organic helps you avoid more than a hundred impurities that can be found in cup of regular coffee. We know that certified organic coffee is better for the environment as organic coffee farming follows sustainable practices. These practices for […]

Organic Coffee Threatened

By Tim Thompson on Thursday, September 11th, 2014 | No Comments

We have written previously about the dilemma that organic coffee growers face when coffee leaf rust infects their crops. Now Bloomberg has taken notice. In an article entitled Organic Coffee Threatened by Global Warming-Stoked Fungus the news organization discusses how growers are faced with spraying and losing their organic status or not spraying and losing […]

Wait Five Years for a Cup of Coffee

By Tim Thompson on Monday, June 2nd, 2014 | No Comments

For folks who are used to stopping by Starbucks for a cup of coffee on the way to work it may be a little difficult to imagine that they might have to wait five years for a cup of coffee! This thought is occasioned by an article we read in the online Arizona Daily Star. […]

DoiTung Coffee from Thailand

By Tim Thompson on Tuesday, January 7th, 2014 | No Comments

A friend returned from a visit to the Far East and brought me a bag of DoiTung coffee from Thailand. This is single source, shade grown Arabica coffee. It is an offshoot of the the DoiTung development project started and nurtured by the Princess Mother of Thailand. The DoiTung brand comprises four business units which […]

Colombian Leaf Rust Resistant Coffee

By Tim Thompson on Friday, July 12th, 2013 | No Comments

The story of Colombian leaf rust resistant coffee is inspiring. Leaf rust is a fungal disease that has devastated coffee plantations as far back as the mid to late 19 th century. Those with an interest in history may know that Sri Lanka (old Ceylon) used to be a coffee producer until the leaf rust […]

Cold Weather Threat Raises Coffee Prices

By Tim Thompson on Friday, May 10th, 2013 | No Comments

Expect to see the price of your cup of coffee raise dramatically if it freezes in Brazil where a third of the world’s coffee is produced. As cold weather raises coffee prices, North Americans may be surprised at the thought of a South American nation having genuine cold spells. But remember that if you go […]

Leaf Rust Kills Organic Coffee Crops

By Tim Thompson on Wednesday, April 10th, 2013 | No Comments

A seemingly eternal threat to growing healthy organic coffee is a fungus that is native to the tropics where coffee is grown. Leaf rust attacks coffee crops and leaf rust kills organic coffee crops. If an organic grower is unable to treat the problem with non-chemical means he risks losing his crop and his livelihood. […]

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