Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Brotherhood of the Bean

Brotherhood of the Bean

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Coffee process gains a solar boost

Posted: 17 Oct 2011 10:00 AM PDT

It takes two dozen steps for a Central American coffee cherry, the fruit that contains the beans, to transform into a powerful pick-me-up. Raul Raudales is concerned with one of those steps: drying. He and his partner, Richard Trubey, have spent 17 years on a singular mission: to help coffee producers stay viable by using renewable energy to dry coffee beans. "Most people don't think about how …

Rising Star: Green Mountain Coffee Serves Up Social Responsibility

Posted: 17 Oct 2011 10:00 AM PDT

WATERBURY, Vt. (MainStreet) — Green Mountain Coffee Roasters has watched sales and share prices percolate from its Keurig coffeemakers and K-Cup portion packs recently, but it’s not just the company taking a bigger sip of the profits. The Vermont-based coffee company’s sales increased 56% each year from 2006 through 2009 before spiking by 73% last year to $1.4 billion from $786 million. Last …

In Colombia, call centers replace coffee culture

Posted: 17 Oct 2011 10:00 AM PDT

In Manizales, in the heart of Colombia’s prime coffee production zone, officials have found the solution to volatile commodity prices and raging unemployment: call centers.

Top Brazil Grower Sees ‘Great’ Coffee Quality For Next Crop Amid Flowering

Posted: 17 Oct 2011 10:00 AM PDT

Brazil's next coffee crop, the world's largest, is expected to be "great" quality after trees developed well last week, the country's top cooperative said.

Top Brazil Grower Sees ‘Great’ Coffee Quality on Flowering

Posted: 17 Oct 2011 10:00 AM PDT

Brazil's next coffee crop, the world's largest, is expected to be "great" quality after trees developed well last week, the country's top cooperative said.

Climate change pushing coffee to extinction?

Posted: 17 Oct 2011 10:00 AM PDT

Some scientists say global warming is threatening the world’s coffee supply

Green Mtn. Coffee Drops on Einhorn Comments

Posted: 17 Oct 2011 10:00 AM PDT

Green Mountain Coffee Roasters Inc. (GMCR) , the seller of Keurig single-pack coffee packets, fell as much as 11 percent after hedge-fund manager David Einhorn said the company should improve its disclosure.

Vietnam Attracts Coffee Companies Seeking Supply, Dreyfus Says

Posted: 17 Oct 2011 10:00 AM PDT

International companies are expanding in Vietnam, the world's largest producer of robusta coffee, to ensure supplies after local traders failed to fill contracts, according to Louis Dreyfus Commodities SA.

Video: World’s coffee supply imperiled by climate change?

Posted: 17 Oct 2011 10:00 AM PDT

Climate change is threatening the world’s coffee supply, which could have a devastating effect on future coffee production. “Early Show” contributor Taryn Winter Brill reports.

Kenya: Higher Prices Lure Rift Valley Farmers to Coffee

Posted: 17 Oct 2011 10:00 AM PDT

Coffee farming is taking root in some parts of the Rift Valley province, offering hope of higher output at a time when traditional growing areas in Central Kenya are being encroached on by real-estate developers.
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