EurekAlert!: Shade grown coffee shrinking as a proportion of global coffee production

The proportion of land used to cultivate shade grown coffee, relative to the total land area of coffee cultivation, has fallen by nearly 20 percent globally since 1996, according to a new study by ...

Smithsonian Magazine: Do Shade-Grown Coffee Farms Have a Higher Value Than Carbon Markets Recognize?

Coffee farms with mature shade trees store far more carbon than planting new trees can capture, a new study reveals. Ellie Tahmaseb Tree canopy on shade-grown coffee farms helps mitigate impacts of ...

Do Shade-Grown Coffee Farms Have a Higher Value Than Carbon Markets Recognize?

Sun-grown coffee plantation in Colombia. (Photo by Stacy Philpott) Map shows areas of coffee growing under different techonology or shade levels. for larger version. While the cultivation of coffee ...

Food & Wine: What Are the Differences Between Arabica and Robusta Coffee Beans?

For over eight years, Tropical Forestry Professor Victor Hugo Morales has spearheaded a groundbreaking research project exploring the cultivation of Arabica coffee in Costa Rica’s non-traditional ...

Arabica coffee is a type of coffee plant (the scientific name is coffea arabica). In fact, 60% of the sweet, fragrant coffee we drink comes from the fruit of the arabica plant; the remaining 40% of ...

(CNN) — Tucked away in the mountainous highlands of Chiapas in southern Mexico, around 150 coffee farmers on the Edelmann family farm work with their hands for hours on end. The shade of tree canopies ...