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.
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A day delayed due to Memorial Day (which I, being in Scotland, completely forgot about), here’s this week’s coffee news. Featuring:
- Hawaii moves closer to releasing microscopic wasps to help fight the coffee berry borer beetle
- Reforesting areas of coffee farms to attract bees and other pollinators can lead to huge profit increases
- The head of Workers United calls on Starbucks to bargain one nationwide contract rather than insisting on store-by-store negotiations
Read the whole Roundup over at Fresh Cup Magazine:
I’ll be back Friday with a new article, but until then it’s goodbye from Merlin:
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