This week in Recap: the ICO released a preliminary assessment of COVID-19 on global coffee consumption; reports of disruption to coffee's supply chain increase; anticipating its largest-ever harvest, Brazil may not have enough field hands to pick coffee; the FNC released a protocol for coffee growing families to help avoid the spread of COVID-19; the VOICE network has issued a call to action to mitigate the impacts of the global pandemic on farming families.

The fifth instance of the United by Sustainability open discussion series focused on the living income movement. Watch both discussions here.

As many businesses are adapting as quickly as possible to new ways of doing business, communicating these changes makes up a significant factor in moving forward.

This fourth webinar in the series looks at the Price Crisis with input from peer reviewers Iliana Delgado, Juan Pablo Solis, David Piza, Niels Haak, Dean Kallivrousis, and Kim Elena Ionescu, and moderated by Ellie Hudson.

Today, with help from presenter Chad Trewick, you’ll learn about the inception of and future plans for the Specialty Coffee Transaction Guide, a project housed at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia. The Guide uses donated contract information about industry pricing behaviors that are anonymized and aggregated to create tables to serve as a guide to help both sellers (producers) and buyers (exporters, importers, roasters) land on pricing that does not rely on the volatile commodity price as a baseline.

The third instance of the United by Sustainability open discussion series focused on the living income movement. Watch both discussions here.

Many coffee businesses don’t have online presences or are struggling develop them during this time. Hear from experts in online commerce, including platform developers and coffee companies with strong online sales.

Many coffee businesses don’t have online presences or are struggling develop them during this time. Hear from experts in online commerce, including platform developers and coffee companies with strong online sales.

With producers facing issues of climate change, migration of the younger generations to urban areas, and fluctuating coffee prices, it has become increasingly difficult for smallholder farmers to be successful and sustainable. Here, a panel discussion featuring Jörn Severloh, Christopher Mujabi, Karina Orellana, Sara Morrocchi, and Kathrine Löfberg brings together coffee industry leaders and farmers to discuss these critical issues to find common understandings and a path forward.

From March 18-23, the SCA ran a survey among the specialty coffee community designed to assess the impact to businesses throughout the supply chain. In a recording of the first webinar in the series, Heather Ward and Peter Giuliano go over the results of the survey, along with key insights from respondents, including respondents’ suggestions for business adaptation in the new environment.

The second instance of the United by Sustainability open discussion series focused on the living income movement. Watch both discussions here.

This week on Recap: La Marzocco mourns Honorary President, Piero Bambi; the C market price of coffee has risen as large companies "stockpile" coffee ahead of expected decreased freight capacity; specialty coffee companies around the world continue to innovate new products and ways to work as the pandemic continues; a recent survey by the National Coffee Association USA has found that US Americans drink more coffee than ever; the second academic paper of the SCA's Brewing Fundamentals research project with the UC Davis Coffee Center, supported by Breville, was published in the Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture.

Join us for the first webinar "Survey Results and Key Learnings" in a series covering the results of this survey, hosted by Heather Ward and Peter Giuliano on Friday, April 3, at 8am PDT / 4pm GMT.

This first webinar in the series is an introduction and discussion led by Kim Elena Ionescu, Chief Sustainability and Knowledge Development Officer, covering the reason for this holding this series, what has changed and is changing in our industry, and the role of sustainability during a pandemic.

The SCA Sustainability & Knowledge Development Department is hosting a webinar series for our community in this time of change and uncertainty. The series will take place over several weeks with multiple webinars per week.

We will feel the effects of the current dual crisis everywhere in the speciality coffee value chain, and we know challenging times are ahead. What can we do to support you?

After many weeks of discussions with our partners regarding the impacts of COVID-19 on SCA events, today we are sad to announce that the 2020 Re:co Symposium and Specialty Coffee Expo scheduled to take place in Portland in April will be canceled.

Después de muchas semanas de discusiones con nuestros socios sobre los impactos de COVID-19 en los eventos de SCA, hoy nos entristece anunciar que Re:co Symposium 2020 y la Specialty Coffee Expo programados para realizarse en Portland en abril ahora están cancelados.

Join us on Friday, March 27, at 8 am PDT / 3 pm GMT for a webinar with licensed marriage and family therapist and self-care coach Courtney Muir and representatives of all three guilds.

On Thursday, March 19, the Chief Executive Officer of the Specialty Coffee Association, took part in a webinar hosted by Sustainable Harvest. It was recorded live and is available to watch now.