Who Will Fund the Future of Coffee?
For paid subscribers: some thoughts on the loss of USAID funding for coffee research, and the possibly misguided hope that corporations will step up.
If the NLRB complaint is successful, Howard Schultz will have to make a statement outlining workers' right to organize. He'll probably not like that.
On this week’s Coffee News Roundup: Vietnam’s robusta reserves shrink in yet more bad news for the world’s coffee supplies. Meanwhile, Starbucks allegedly illegally withheld raises from unionized workers per a new complaint from the NLRB, and Papua New Guinea just announced a new post: Minister of Coffee.
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Have a great week! And keep an eye on your inboxes for a very interesting interview coming up later in the week.
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