Coffee is increasingly at risk from the climate crisis, and corporate-driven incremental change won’t save it. The theory of degrowth offers hope for a better world and a fairer coffee industry.
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This week, the coffee news features such exciting stories as:
Consumers think sustainability initiatives have been good for farmers. Farmers don’t.
The organization that tracks how much coffee is stored in US port warehouses suddenly stopped publishing that data, leaving analysts, traders, and roasters in the dark.
Italy’s “hallowed coffee culture” is being eyed up by international coffee brands eager to expand into a country not known for being welcoming to international coffee brands.
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