Saturday, January 7, 2012

Brotherhood of the Bean

Brotherhood of the Bean

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Kona farmers want more coffee labeling details

Posted: 06 Jan 2012 09:01 AM PST

Kona coffee growers want Hawaii’s labeling law modified to provide more details on packages of coffee blends that contain Hawaii-grown beans.

Uganda’s Dec coffee exports rise 2.3 pct yr/yr

Posted: 06 Jan 2012 09:01 AM PST

KAMPALA (Reuters) – Uganda’s coffee exports rose 2.3 percent in December compared to the same month in the previous year, helped by favourable weather, a source at the Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA) said on Friday. The east African country, which is on the cusp of becoming a top-50 crude oil producer, is one of Africa’s leading exporters of the beans and earnings from the crop are a …

Kona coffee farmers push for law requiring package labels to show origin of beans in blends

Posted: 06 Jan 2012 09:01 AM PST

HONOLULU — Kona coffee growers want Hawaii's labeling law modified to provide more details on packages of coffee blends that contain Hawaii-grown beans. Currently, coffee blends sold in the state that contain Hawaii-grown coffee must disclose what percentage is grown in the islands, and it must be at least 10 percent. The Kona Coffee Farmers Association said Thursday that it wants the state …

Smucker Gulps Sara Lee N.A. Coffee

Posted: 06 Jan 2012 09:01 AM PST

Sara Lee Corp. recently closed the divestiture of its North American foodservice coffee and shot beverage business to J.M. Smucker Company, for a sum of $350.0 million.

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