In today's lecture, representatives from the SCA Sustainability Center and Board of Directors identify factors that contributed to the wholly unsustainable economic position facing many coffee producers.
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Last April, much of the discussion – at Expo and Re:co Symposium – was centered on the Coffee Price Crisis and the future of specialty. In a special episode to kick off the new year, we’re releasing a two-part lecture on the C market that sought to provide clarity and actionable data for the specialty industry.
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Hundreds of smallholder coffee farmers in Yepocapa, Guatemala have experienced leaf-rust, drought, volcanic eruptions, and price fluctuations over the last few years.
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On Friday, November 22, 2019, the Specialty Coffee Association hosted an SCA Sustainability webinar on the coffee price crisis and the role of baristas, roasters, and technicians from the perspective of the SCA's three guilds: the Barista Guild, the Coffee Roasters Guild, and the Coffee Technicians Guild.
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In today’s lecture, a panel delves into the challenges faced by East African processors of high-quality coffee and shares solutions to these challenges, found by three organizations in Ethiopia, Burundi, and Rwanda.
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It’s fair to say that farming communities face even greater challenges now than they did 15 years ago.
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Today, we’re very happy to present the second episode of “Growing Consumption: Letting Go of Sameness,” a session recorded at Re:co Symposium this past April.
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As the majority of specialty coffee consumption lies in the US, EU, and East Asia, “producing” countries have solely – and strategically – focused export, indenting to increase demand in “consuming” countries.
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SCA Education organized two webinars to introduce the new Coffee Sustainability Program. The first-ever Professional course will launch at the end of October, co-taught online by Nora, Kate, and Erika.
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By now, many readers will have heard about the coffee price crisis and the SCA’s response team, dubbed the Price Crisis Response Initiative. If you are among them, you likely understand that the price crisis is a complex issue and that there’s no easy, quick solution.
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Today on the podcast we’re sharing the audio from an interactive webinar we hosted last week, part of our series on the Coffee Price Crisis.
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In this special episode of the SCA Podcast, we’re going to be listening to the audio of an interactive webinar we hosted last week on the SCA’s response to the coffee price crisis and the forthcoming report with recommendations for the coffee industry.
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Este webinario es parte de una serie sobre los desafíos que enfrentan los productores de café y la sustentabilidad del café, especialmente a la luz de la actual crisis de precios.
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Ashley Prentice answers questions in this third installment of a four part series following a webinar on farm profitability.
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Ed Canty answers questions in this second installment of four following up from a recent sustainability webinar series on farm profitability.
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Janina Grabs answers questions in the first installment of a Q&A series following a recent farm profitability webinar.
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The SCA’s FARMER PROFITABILITY AND PROSPERITY WORKING GROUP, led here in writing by CHAD TREWICK, examines the possible impact persistently low coffee commodity market pricing will have on the specialty coffee supply chain in Issue 07 of 25 Magazine.
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This webinar is part of a series addressing the challenges facing coffee farmers and the sustainability of coffee, especially in light of the current price crisis.
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Over the summer we have watched the coffee commodity futures market drop until on Tuesday, August 21, coffee opened at 98 US cents. This is well under production costs for most coffee farmers and raises questions about the sustainability of coffee in the future.
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CHAD TREWICK introduces the main discussion points in the SCA’s Farm Profitability Report in Issue 3 of 25 Magazine.
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