Shade-grown coffee has long been promoted as the environmentally friendly choice. Growing coffee beneath a canopy of trees is ...

A new global analysis reveals a critical oversight in sustainable coffee and carbon-capture initiatives. These programs incentivize the planting of new trees yet fail to reward the preservation of ...

In the lush highlands of northern Nicaragua, nestled between two natural reserves, La Cumplida isn’t your average coffee farm. Over two decades, massive reforestation and innovative agriculture ...

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 ...

The diversity of trees on shade-grown coffee farms makes them a haven for biodiversity. Roshan Patel, Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute. A new global analysis reveals a ...

As the world's thirst for coffee shows no signs of slowing down, widely used practices to ramp up the crop's production have become self-defeating, according to a nonprofit watchdog group. In Brazil, ...

AFA copy purchased with funds from the S. Dillon Ripley Endowment. "Coffee is one of the largest and most valuable commodities in the world. This is the story of its origins, its history, and the ...