FreeLists / tn-bird / [TN-Bird] Re: Shade-grown coffee

[John Devereux Joslin <jdjoslin@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks, Dan, for raising this important issue once again.  Only about 20 million
pounds of shade-grown sold--out of 13 BILLION pounds per year around the globe
really is a drop in the bucket (and over 4 billion in the U.S.)!  I certainly
hope we do start to flex our bird-friendly muscles.
    Also I didn't know that shade-coffee plantations were the most bird-friendly
and biodiverse agricultural land type.
--Dev Joslin

Daniel Moss wrote:

> In the latest Audubon magazine, there's an article by Paul Tolme on shade-g=
> rown coffee and it's importance to conserving bird (and other wildlife) hab=
> itat. Here's the link:
> http://magazine.audubon.org/features0408/mexico.html
>
> I've pulled out a few paragraphs that I thought were interesting and drive =
> the point home:
>
> "For Americans, who consume a third of the world's coffee=E2=80=94300 milli=
> on cups a day=E2=80=94an important choice is brewing: Continue to drink cof=
> fee without considering how it is grown, or deliberately seek out brands th=
> at are grown in ways that protect migratory birds and other species. "
>
> "Shade-coffee farms shelter more birds than any other agricultural landscap=
> e; only untamed tropical forests have greater diversity."
>
> "For now, shade-grown coffee is still a niche market. Roughly 19 million po=
> unds of Rainforest Alliance=E2=80=93certified coffee, and an additional 3.7=
> 5 million pounds that is certified Bird Friendly, were shipped this past ye=
> ar. Those are collectively but a drip in the carafe of global production=E2=
> =80=94roughly 13 billion pounds a year. One explanation is that conservatio=
> n-minded coffee drinkers "haven't yet flexed their muscles," says Wille. "I=
> f they do, their potential to change the coffee business is tremendous." To=
>  be sure, the 71 million Americans who consider themselves birdwatchers rep=
> resent a huge, untapped market."
>
> I hope that all Tennessee coffee-loving bird watchers have flexed their buy=
> ing power and switched over. The price is a little higher, but well worth i=
> t!
>  =20
> Daniel Moss
> Clarksville, TN
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