Most coffee beans grown in India are either robusta or arabica, all of which are shade-grown in a two-tier system of evergreen leguminous trees on sloping terrain. This prevents soil erosion and ...

Jamaica’s Blue Mountains are heralded as one of the world’s premier coffee growing regions. Previous ecological research in Jamaica has demonstrated that shade-grown coffee practices provide ...

Visiting a family-owned coffee farm near Pereira, Colombia, I learned about the meticulous process behind producing ...

diversify shade canopy, and employ growing, harvesting, and processing methods that produce specialty grade coffee that sells for $2.80 per pound. Since its inception, the program has evolved to ...

Historically, coffee has needed two things to grow successfully — a decent altitude and a warm climate. Now, a group of scientists from the VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland have managed ...