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POPSSumatran robusta growers suffer from price drop The global financial crisis will impact all coffee farmers. In this case, the price of robusta is dropping. Here in Sumatra, this means many farmers may rip out their coffee and plant less eco-friendly crops. Also look for the big multinational companies to stock up on this low-quality coffee and pit growers against each other to further depress prices.
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POPSKenyan coffee farmers feeling credit crunch The global financial crisis and credit slow-down will have significant impacts on the coffee industry. See also this post by "God in a Cup" author Michaele Weissman: http://michaeleweissmanwrites.com/godinacupofcoffee/?p=93
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POPSWhy commodity traders have had such an influence on the coffee market A lot of the volitility and high market prices this year has been due to speculative futures trading. I had wondered why this was so influencial this year, and this article summarizes another piece in the trade press on how these markets have changed and why the market price of coffee has a lot to do with folks who have nothing to do with coffee. The original PDF is at http://www.coffeetalk.com/images/CTJun08web.pdf (BTW, I believe this applies to oil prices as well.)
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POPSNew bird species discovered near Cerulean Warbler Reserve I've written a lot about the Cerulean Warbler and its reliance on shade coffee farms in Colombia, and the Reserve (check the Bird category: http://www.coffeehabitat.com/birds/index.html) This is another example of how important these coffee-growing areas are to all types of birds.
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POPSFolgers to be sold to Smuckers P&G still owns the Millstone line of coffees. If Smucker's shares P&G's values, I guess I won't be buying any of their products if I can help it.
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