Climate Change

Keeping Coffee Green with Gaviña

The family coffee company’s Direct Impact Initiative works toward bettering the coffee community and boosting its sustainability efforts. BY KATRINA YENTCHBARISTA MAGAZINE ONLINE Photos courtesy of Gaviña Coffee Protecting the environment through coffee has become […]

Climate Change

Stumptown Coffee Releases New Short Film

The 30-minute documentary Flower of Flowers, which tracks the impact of climate change on coffee farmers in Guatemala, will premiere at screenings in the next few weeks. Proceeds from ticket sales will go toward Guatemala relief efforts […]

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Central America

Rust Wreaks Havoc

The science journal, Nature, takes a look at the explosion of coffee rust, or roya, in Central America. The longterm damage will be devastating. From the story: The latest outbreak may halve the 2013 “14 […]

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Climate Change

Severe Storms Rock Central America

Our friend, Henry Hueck, a coffee farmer and the organizer of the coffee conference Ramacafe, from Nicaragua, has been keeping us abreast of developments across Central America as tropical storms continue to pummel the countries […]