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Ted Fischer on Coffee and Values | Re:co Symposium 2019

Today, we’re very happy to present the third episode of “Value Chains: Transparency and Market Linkages,” a session recorded at Re:co Symposium this past April.

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Michelle Johnson on An Exploration of a Sustainable Value Chain | Re:co Symposium 2019

Today, we’re very happy to present the second episode of “Value Chains: Transparency and Market Linkages,” a session recorded at Re:co Symposium this past April.

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#66 | Re:co Podcast - Michelle Johnson on An Exploration of a Sustainable Value Chain (S3, Ep. 2)

Through the story of McDonald’s’ dedication to achieving full sustainability in their business’ coffee value chain, Michelle Johnson challenges and explores our ideas of what sustainability in coffee means—and who is truly setting the bar for creating a future for the industry.

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Estrategias para la Diversificación de los Ingresos en las Zonas Productoras de Café—Farm Profitability & Prosperity webinar #4

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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The State and Future of the Business of Coffee, Part 2 | Re:co Symposium 2018

This is the third and final episode of “The State and Future of the Business of Coffee,” a session recorded at Re:co Symposium this past April. This session gathered business leaders in Specialty Coffee to discuss the ways that the specialty coffee trade has changed in the past decade, the challenges businesses face today, and how we might prepare for the future.

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Janice Anderson | The State and Future of the Business of Coffee | Re:co Symposium 2018

This is the second episode of “The State and Future of the Business of Coffee,” a session recorded at Re:co Symposium this past April. This session gathered business leaders in Specialty Coffee to discuss the ways that the specialty coffee trade has changed in the past decade, the challenges businesses face today, and how we might prepare for the future.

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The State and Future of the Business of Coffee | Re:co Symposium 2018

This is the opening panel of the “The State and Future of the Business of Coffee”, a session at Re:co Symposium this year. This session gathered business leaders in Specialty Coffee to discuss the ways that the specialty coffee trade has changed in the past decade, the challenges businesses face today, and how we might prepare for the future.

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Anukampa Freedom Gupta-Fonner | The Evolution of Innovation | Re:co Symposium 2018

This is the second episode of “Evolution of Innovation: How New Ideas Will Shape Specialty Coffee,” a session recorded at Re:co Symposium this past April. This session offered a glimpse of new ideas in coffee from some leading thinkers in specialty coffee and a discussion of how they are likely to shape the future of our industry.

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The Evolution of Innovation: How New Ideas Will Shape Specialty Coffee’s Future | Re:co 2018

Led by Ever Meister, the panel took the stage at Re:co this past April to explore the relationship between specialty coffee’s drive for constant innovation and its apparent reverence for tradition. What could innovation and irreverence do for specialty?

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Coffee Farm Misconceptions and Actual Diversity - Lisanne Oonk & Ivania Calderón

What comes to mind when you hear the words “coffee farmer?”

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The Challenges of Being A Biological Coffee Farmer - Tim Wendelboe

Biological farming presents a number of unique challenges. Tim walks us through the lessons he’s learned from starting his own coffee farm, Finca el Suelo.

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Sustainability Webinar: Farm Profitability and Prosperity #3

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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Sustainability Webinar: Coffee Prices and Farm Profitability

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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Ric Rhinehart | The Future for Specialty Coffee

Ric always brings together a variety of indicators— economic data, industry insights, and years worth of experience and firsthand knowledge– and weaves it together in a powerful narrative on the risks threatening our industry and possible solutions to them.

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The State and Future of the Coffee Economy | Re:co Seattle 2018

David Griswold moderates a panel with Lindsey Bolger, Phyllis Johnson, Teddy Esteve, Christine Condo Umuhoza, and Kent Bakke at Re:co Symposium in Seattle in April 2018.

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#20: Re:co Podcast - The State and Future of the Coffee Economy

In this first episode of the Re:co Podcast, David Griswold moderates a panel with Lindsey Bolger, Phyllis Johnson, Teddy Esteve, Christine Condo Umuhoza, and Kent Bakke.

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The Building Blocks of a Cafe - Ralf Rueller

The Barn have been doing pioneering work in Berlin since the early days and explored many ways of how to build an audience, lower barriers and make specialty coffee work in the city. This presentation highlights the essential factors to consider when planning a new café.

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SCA Sustainability Webinar: The Profitability of Coffee Farming

A panel of industry leaders will use the literature review released by the SCA at the end of 2017 as a departure point to tackle difficult questions related to the profitability of coffee farming. Do increased yields consistently correlate to profitability on coffee farms? Do price premiums for coffee taste quality justify farmer investments? What strategies are producers and buyers using to address farm profitability? What research and data is needed to support farmers and their businesses?

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