Shade-Grown Coffee - Related Files
Adobe Acrobat Measuring Consumer Interest in Mexican Shade-grown Coffee:An Assessment of the Canadian, Mexican and
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The objective of this report is to present the findings of a market analysis measuring consumer interest in, and potential demand for, Mexican shade-grown coffee in North America.
Adobe Acrobat Environmental and Other Labeling of Coffee: The Role of Mutual Recognition
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This paper focuses primarily on issues and strategies relating to the advancement of "shade-grown" and "sustainable" coffee labeling initiatives.
Adobe Acrobat Background Note for Participating Experts: Experts Workshop on Shade-Grown Coffee
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The purpose of this workshop is to explore practical ways of supporting sustainable production and consumption of Mexican shade-grown coffee.
Adobe Acrobat Defining Shade Coffee with Bio-Physical Criteria
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This project developed a set of definitions for "shade coffee" for the Mexican context. The mechanism for producing these definitions involved a workshop in which scientifically based information relative to shade coffee was presented and discussed by researchers involved in diverse studies related to coffee.
Adobe Acrobat Biodiversity of Flora and Fauna in Shaded Coffee Systems
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The aim of this study is to survey the available quantitative research and data about different aspects of biodiversity under alternative coffee management systems.
Adobe Acrobat Sustainable Coffee Survey of the North American Specialty Coffee Industry
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This survey, the largest of its kind, studies the characteristics and trend estimates of sustainable coffees across the full range of actors-from importers to retailers-in the North American specialty coffee market.
Adobe Acrobat The Potential Market for Sustainable Coffee in North America
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This paper presents an overview of research that has been undertaken to evaluate the general degree of public interest in green goods and services.
Adobe Acrobat Finca Santa Elena
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The following report provides an overview of the actual operations of a Mexican shade coffee farm called Santa Elena. Santa Elena produces 100% organic shade coffee, which has received ECO-O.K.O certification from the Rainforest Alliance.
Adobe Acrobat Land Cover in a Managed Forest Ecosystem: Mexican Shade Coffee
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The purpose of this background study is to review existing legal frameworks in Canada, the US and Mexico as well as international instruments and institutions dealing with this issue.
Resources for the Future
Adobe Acrobat Shade-grown Coffee and Biodiversity
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Adobe Acrobat Supporting Green Markets
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