by andrew | Jul 30, 2009 | associations, sustainability
The SCA sustainability committee today released (though dated 4/14/09) a comparison matrix of major coffee certification programs: Organic, Fair Trade Certified, Rainforest Alliance, Smithsonian Bird Friendly, Utz Certified and 4C Common Code. Although making no value...
by andrew | Jan 31, 2008 | economy, hawaii, origin, quality, sustainability
In an impressive piece of writing and editing of a news story (involving me), Erika Engle of the Honolulu Star Bulletin masterfully extracts the essence of a very complicated and obscure subject (coffee tasting and the Hawaii coffee industry) in a tidy 14 inch daily...
by andrew | Nov 28, 2006 | industry, news, sustainability
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines has pledged to serve Rainforest Alliance Certified coffee on all its flights, a first for any European airline. KLM, which serves more than 22 million cups of coffee every year, will get at least 30 percent of its beans from coffee farms that...
