{"id":175554,"date":"2023-12-29T09:43:33","date_gmt":"2023-12-29T15:43:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailycoffeenews.com\/?p=175554"},"modified":"2023-12-29T09:43:35","modified_gmt":"2023-12-29T15:43:35","slug":"the-biggest-green-coffee-stories-of-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailycoffeenews.com\/2023\/12\/29\/the-biggest-green-coffee-stories-of-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"The Biggest Green Coffee Stories of 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Continuing our 2023 Year in Review<\/a>, we now turn to the big wide world of green coffee.<\/p>\n

One of the coffee industry’s biggest stories of the year was the decision by Fairtrade International to raise its baseline prices for certified coffees<\/a> given the sustained low prices and poverty conditions affecting millions of the world’s smallholder coffee farmers.<\/p>\n

The move was not followed by a separate nonprofit, Fairtrade USA, which argued that raising prices might negatively affect the industry<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The year also saw the release of the 2023 edition of the Coffee Barometer<\/a>, a must-read document for anyone interested in sustainability and the global effects of the green coffee trade.<\/p>\n

Additional green coffee news may be found in our review of the year’s biggest business stories<\/a>, or our review of science and research<\/a>. Yet here are some of the biggest green coffee stories of 2023:<\/p>\n

Green Coffee Market News<\/h2>\n
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Fairtrade International Makes Historic Raise to Coffee Prices<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Responding to widespread poverty in the global coffee sector, Fairtrade International<\/a> is raising its minimum prices for certified arabica and robusta coffee… read more<\/a><\/p>\n

Fair Trade USA Freezing Price Minimums, Plans to Revise Model<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

The announcement from Fair Trade USA comes 14 weeks after Fairtrade International (FLO) said it was raising minimum prices for arabica and robusta coffees<\/a>… read more<\/a><\/p>\n

ICO Commissioning Living-Income Studies in Four Key Coffee Countries<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

The International Coffee Organization<\/a> (ICO) is commissioning a series of living-income benchmarking studies focused on small-scale farmers in the key coffee-growing countries of Ethiopia<\/a>, Indonesia<\/a>, Mexico<\/a> and Vietnam<\/a>… read more<\/a><\/p>\n

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SCA Launching Beta Version of Sweeping New Coffee Evaluation System<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

The Specialty Coffee Association<\/a> is launching a beta version of its new Coffee Value Assessment<\/a>, which is designed to ultimately replace the group\u2019s cupping protocol and cupping form… read more<\/a><\/p>\n

Root Capital, Keurig Dr Pepper and USAID Launch Indonesia Coffee Initiative<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

USAID has not publicly announced the project budget, although it is designed to run for three years while supporting 14 coffee enterprises and reaching an estimated 14,000 smallholder coffee farmers… read more<\/a><\/p>\n

USAID and Ofi Establish $8.1M Fund for Peru Coffee Development<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

The fund is expected to benefit approximately 1,000 smallholder coffee farmers in the central Peruvian growing region of Jun\u00edn over a five-year program period. The partnership is part of USAID\u2019s broader Alternative Development Program focused on Peru<\/a>… read more<\/a><\/p>\n

Cup of Excellence Coffee Competition Adds \u2018Experimental\u2019 Category in Brazil<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Given the Brazil CoE\u2019s position as an exemplar of international market-building in coffee, it was a big deal last month when the competition featured a major format change… read more<\/a><\/p>\n

Australian Researchers Develop a \u2018Coffee Character Wheel\u2019<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

New research funded by an Australian government agricultural agency has produced the \u201cCoffee Character Wheel,\u201d<\/a> a cupping tool designed to more thoroughly describe or identify coffee with the concept of terroir… read more<\/a><\/p>\n

Sucafina Opens State-of-the-Art Wet Mill in Yunnan, China<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Swiss multinational green coffee trading company Sucafina<\/a> has opened the largest wet mill for green coffee processing in Yunnan, the primary coffee-growing region in China<\/a>… read more<\/a><\/p>\n

Reporting and Research<\/h2>\n

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2023 Coffee Barometer Shows Growing Pressure for Sustainable Coffee<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

The 2023 Coffee Barometer<\/a> launched today, describing an agricultural sector in a \u201cstate of crisis\u201d while outlining mounting pressures on coffee companies to more clearly address sustainability in their own supply chains… read more<\/a><\/p>\n

Here\u2019s The Book on Climate-Smart Coffee Production<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

UK-based publishing house Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing<\/a> recently released what is arguably the most comprehensive and well-rounded text on climate-related sustainable agriculture in the coffee sector to date… read more<\/a><\/p>\n

World Coffee Research Launches Robusta Variety Catalog<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Available for free online in English and Spanish, the catalog profiles 47 different varieties of the robusta coffee species. It comes nearly seven years after WCR published its groundbreaking Arabica Coffee Varieties Catalog<\/a>… read more<\/a><\/p>\n

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Green Coffee Association Halts Public Reporting of US Stocks<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Coming without public warning, the move eliminates what had for decades been a useful tool in the working lives of coffee roasters, traders, importers, exporters, logistics providers, financial analysts and other coffee professionals… read more<\/a><\/p>\n

GCP Snapshot: 70% of Coffee From Eight Global Buyers Meets Sustainability Baseline<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

More than 70% of the green coffee purchased by eight of the world\u2019s largest green coffee buyers in 2022 met a recognized baseline sustainability standard, according to the latest annual report<\/a> from the Global Coffee Platform (GCP)<\/a>… read more<\/a><\/p>\n

Major ICO Green Coffee Report Notes \u2018Growing Americas\u2019 and \u2018Shrinking Rest of the World\u2019<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

The International Coffee Organization<\/a> (ICO) has released its second Coffee Report and Outlook, including a broad overview of the global coffee sector in terms of production and consumption, economic analysis and predictions for the coming year… read more<\/a><\/p>\n

Op\/Eds: Sustainability<\/strong><\/h2>\n

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Survey: Coffee Farmers and Consumers Have Different Perspectives on Sustainability<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

For decades, the coffee industry has been propped up as an example of sector-wide sustainability, with many actors throughout the coffee chain using similar strategies and language to define and promote sustainability initiatives to the public. However, the assumption that everyone involved in the coffee industry has similar priorities around sustainability-related issues may be false… read more<\/a><\/p>\n

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Column: Paying Farmworkers Based on Production Results in Labor Risks<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Piece-rate pay and production quotas or targets are common practices in the coffee sector. <\/span>However, when there is a lack of adequate controls, these practices can contribute to an increase in numerous labor risks… read more<\/a><\/p>\n

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Column: How Coffee is Both a Hero and a Villain in the Climate Change Story<\/a> <\/strong><\/p>\n

There is no shortage of news stories demonizing green coffee production as a contributor to climate change. At the same time, there is a growing body of evidence pointing to its potential climate-positive impacts. How can such diametrically opposed narratives exist side by side?… read more<\/a><\/p>\n

Eight Ways the EUDR is Likely to Affect Coffee Supply Markets<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Because polygon mapping<\/a> comes with costs, which are larger relative to production income for small farmers, the EUDR will likely favor larger farm sizes and better-organized small-holder production origins above those with small farm sizes and low access to verification and data services… read more<\/a><\/p>\n

A Conversation with the Authors of the 2023 Coffee Barometer<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

The report and its companion interactive website read something like a counterpoint to typical corporate sustainability reports in which companies conveniently ignore the fact that they are contributors to \u2014 or beneficiaries of \u2014 the very problems that they are claiming to solve… read more<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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