Climate Change

Stumptown Coffee Releases New Short Film

The 30-minute documentary Flower of Flowers, which tracks the impact of climate change on coffee farmers in Guatemala, will premiere at screenings in the next few weeks. Proceeds from ticket sales will go toward Guatemala relief efforts […]

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Central America

Rust Wreaks Havoc

The science journal, Nature, takes a look at the explosion of coffee rust, or roya, in Central America. The longterm damage will be devastating. From the story: The latest outbreak may halve the 2013 “14 […]

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Climate Change

Severe Storms Rock Central America

Our friend, Henry Hueck, a coffee farmer and the organizer of the coffee conference Ramacafe, from Nicaragua, has been keeping us abreast of developments across Central America as tropical storms continue to pummel the countries […]

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Climate Change

Climate Change and Coffee (UPDATE)

Excellent story from the Seattle Times yesterday about climate change and how it is affecting farmers in Costa Rica. You can read it here. “We want to prove to the coffee-consuming world that we’re doing […]