Shade Grown Coffee — Just How Shady Is It?
All third-party coffee certifications are not equal. I’ve touched upon this idea before, most recently in How Many Labels are Too Many Labels. I think it’s a point that bears repeating, and some critical examination, too. To our good fortune Coffee &...
Another View on Black Gold & Fair Trade
Hasbean’s Stephen Leighton offers a point of view on the Fair Trade coffee documentary, Black Gold, that’s informed and thought-provoking, and that will surely cause some to get their shorts in a bunch. And that’s just fine. The Fair Trade system as...How Many Labels are Too Many Labels?
Organic, Fair Trade, Direct Trade, Shade Grown, Bird Friendly, C.A.F.E., Whole Trade, Rainforest Alliance… When Sam Fromartz’ article — Is This the End of Organic Coffee — first appeared in Salon it generated quite a lot of reader responses,...Intelligentsia Coffee Gets Direct
Frustrated with the foibles and shortcomings of Fair Trade certification — among them Fair Trade’s failure to address coffee quality, and its inability to contract with family farms or estates but only coffee growing coops — a number of boutique...Tweetstream
- RT @scalzi: Meanwhile, this asshole. t.co/yGlhqdT31P
- RT @ddiamond: Fact-check: The GOP bill ends funding for Medicaid expansion in 2024, and bill’s additional cuts projected to reduce coverage…
- RT @NateSilver538: Kellyanne is lying. It cuts Medicaid by about $800 billion. t.co/g3M5AIdzyQ
- RT @danwlin: 2016: I can’t wait for this year to end. Next year can’t be worse. 2017: Remember to call your senators and ask them not to k…
- RT @ACLU: We can't believe this needs to be said, but it's not okay to drag people out of wheelchairs when they're protesting legislation.…
- @MayorSlyJames At state and national levels it would seem the inverse is also true. Sad! Here's to Smart Cities, Mayor Sly!
Follow @decadmus on twitter.