Image: Marcelo/stock.adobe.comSmall-scale coffee farms in Latin America are on average more environmentally friendly than large-scale plantations, new Fairtrade research has revealed. However, large plantations, which often produce coffee using unshaded monoculture, mechanisation and chemical inputs, are in a better position to quickly respond to market and legislative changes. The Fairtrade study, Understanding the Climate and Environmental
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Image: Specialty Coffee AssociationThe Specialty Coffee Association (SCA) and the Slow Food Coffee Coalition (SFCC) have announced a new partnership, looking to create positive change in the global coffee industry.   The collaboration commenced at the beginning of 2024 but was not formalised until the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding during Terra Madre Salone del Gusto, Slow
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Image: Coffee Quality Institute.Non-profit organisation Coffee Quality Institute (CQI) is conducting an industry-wide skills survey as part of its re-evaluation of the Q Grader certification. This initiative aims to assess the practices of cuppers in the field and provide insights to inform potential updates to the certification curriculum. “This is an important part of the 20th anniversary of the
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Image: Jeff WeltTo mark Fairtrade month in October, nonprofit Fairtrade America has commissioned three new murals at a range of grocery stores across the United States depicting farmers growing Fairtrade-certified cocoa or coffee. The organisation, which is dedicated to fighting the exploitation of current supply-chain partnerships and responsible for the widely recognised Fairtrade Mark, started the campaign
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