https://dailycoffeenews.com/category/coffee-beans/global-issues/ Business news for specialty coffee professionals Fri, 07 Jul 2023 13:13:29 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.2.2 23960308 https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/07/06/fair-trade-usa-freezing-price-minimums-plans-to-revise-model/ https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/07/06/fair-trade-usa-freezing-price-minimums-plans-to-revise-model/#comments Thu, 06 Jul 2023 13:36:51 +0000 https://dailycoffeenews.com/?p=171764 Fair Trade USA is putting a freeze on minimum prices and price premiums for all green coffee sold under its Fair Trade Certified seal through the end of 2023.  The move...]]> https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/07/06/fair-trade-usa-freezing-price-minimums-plans-to-revise-model/feed/ 4 171764 https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/07/05/costa-rica-coffee-report-production-rebounds-despite-dwindling-number-of-farmers/ https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/07/05/costa-rica-coffee-report-production-rebounds-despite-dwindling-number-of-farmers/#respond Wed, 05 Jul 2023 21:03:11 +0000 https://dailycoffeenews.com/?p=171760 After rebounding from a countrywide 50-year-low in green coffee production just two years ago, Costa Rica is expected to experience a moderate increase in production in market year 2023/24.  Boosted...]]> https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/07/05/costa-rica-coffee-report-production-rebounds-despite-dwindling-number-of-farmers/feed/ 0 171760 https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/07/05/promoting-living-wages-for-farmworkers-while-ensuring-farmers-earn-a-living-income/ https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/07/05/promoting-living-wages-for-farmworkers-while-ensuring-farmers-earn-a-living-income/#respond Wed, 05 Jul 2023 12:11:17 +0000 https://dailycoffeenews.com/?p=171184 [Editor’s note: This is the seventh article in an editorial series led by Verité exploring labor issues affecting the global coffee sector through its U.S. Department of Labor-funded Cooperation On Fair, Free, Equitable...]]> https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/07/05/promoting-living-wages-for-farmworkers-while-ensuring-farmers-earn-a-living-income/feed/ 0 171184 https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/06/29/new-wcr-research-outlines-innovation-crisis-in-green-coffee/ https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/06/29/new-wcr-research-outlines-innovation-crisis-in-green-coffee/#comments Thu, 29 Jun 2023 16:40:14 +0000 https://dailycoffeenews.com/?p=171651 A new white paper published by the nonprofit World Coffee Research (WCR) suggests research and development (R&D) funding in the coffee sector continues to be woefully short if roasters and...]]> https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/06/29/new-wcr-research-outlines-innovation-crisis-in-green-coffee/feed/ 1 171651 https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/06/27/eight-companies-give-1-5-million-to-kickstart-gcp-2-0-sustainability-initiative/ https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/06/27/eight-companies-give-1-5-million-to-kickstart-gcp-2-0-sustainability-initiative/#respond Tue, 27 Jun 2023 16:05:47 +0000 https://dailycoffeenews.com/?p=171542 Eight of the world’s largest coffee companies have contributed US$1.5 million to the nonprofit Global Coffee Platform to kickstart a new phase of coffee sustainability work under the name GCP...]]> https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/06/27/eight-companies-give-1-5-million-to-kickstart-gcp-2-0-sustainability-initiative/feed/ 0 171542 https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/06/22/ico-commissioning-living-income-studies-in-four-key-coffee-countries/ https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/06/22/ico-commissioning-living-income-studies-in-four-key-coffee-countries/#respond Thu, 22 Jun 2023 18:38:45 +0000 https://dailycoffeenews.com/?p=171470 The International Coffee Organization (ICO) is commissioning a series of living-income benchmarking studies focused on small-scale farmers in the key coffee-growing countries of Ethiopia, Indonesia, Mexico and Vietnam. The studies...]]> https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/06/22/ico-commissioning-living-income-studies-in-four-key-coffee-countries/feed/ 0 171470 https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/06/22/juniors-expands-in-portland-releases-cost-of-production-template/ https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/06/22/juniors-expands-in-portland-releases-cost-of-production-template/#respond Thu, 22 Jun 2023 13:15:32 +0000 https://dailycoffeenews.com/?p=171269 Portland, Oregon-based roasting company Junior’s Roasted Coffee (JRC) has published its in-house tools used to ascertain green coffee producers’ costs of production. The public sharing is intended to support more...]]> https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/06/22/juniors-expands-in-portland-releases-cost-of-production-template/feed/ 0 171269 https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/06/13/ice-launching-eu-deforestation-free-compliance-service-for-coffee-buyers/ https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/06/13/ice-launching-eu-deforestation-free-compliance-service-for-coffee-buyers/#comments Tue, 13 Jun 2023 16:16:07 +0000 https://dailycoffeenews.com/?p=171204 As coffee trading and roasting companies throughout Europe prepare for sweeping new anti-deforestation regulations, the Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) is launching a new service designed to promote compliance among commodities buyers....]]> https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/06/13/ice-launching-eu-deforestation-free-compliance-service-for-coffee-buyers/feed/ 1 171204 https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/06/08/15th-grounds-for-health-auction-coming-june-14-15/ https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/06/08/15th-grounds-for-health-auction-coming-june-14-15/#respond Thu, 08 Jun 2023 16:48:05 +0000 https://dailycoffeenews.com/?p=171097 Two dozen high-quality, traceable specialty green coffees are going up for public auction next week in the annual Grounds for Health auction. The auction is taking place June 14-15. Registration...]]> https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/06/08/15th-grounds-for-health-auction-coming-june-14-15/feed/ 0 171097 https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/05/31/usaid-launches-8-2-million-indonesia-coffee-and-cacao-agroforestry-project/ https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/05/31/usaid-launches-8-2-million-indonesia-coffee-and-cacao-agroforestry-project/#respond Wed, 31 May 2023 16:26:38 +0000 https://dailycoffeenews.com/?p=170838 The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is leading a new $8.2 million project designed to improve environmental sustainability, climate resiliency and market access among coffee and cocoa/cacao farmers...]]> https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/05/31/usaid-launches-8-2-million-indonesia-coffee-and-cacao-agroforestry-project/feed/ 0 170838