Forty years ago, almost all coffee was grown under the shade of the rainforest. Now, many coffee farmers have abandoned those techniques for clear-cutting. Host Guy Raz talks to Shalene Jha, a ...
Science Daily: Shade-coffee farms support native bees that maintain genetic diversity in tropical forests
Shade-grown coffee farms support native bees that help maintain the health of some of the world's most biodiverse tropical regions, according to a new study. Shade-grown coffee farms support native ...
Shade-coffee farms support native bees that maintain genetic diversity in tropical forests
The diversity of trees on shade-grown coffee farms makes them a haven for biodiversity. Roshan Patel, Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute. A new global analysis reveals a ...
Sun-grown coffee plantation in Colombia. (Photo by Stacy Philpott) Map shows areas of coffee growing under different techonology or shade levels. for larger version. While the cultivation of coffee ...
While shade coffee is promoted as protecting tropical forests and birds, conservationists are split on whether it actually works. The December issue of Conservation Biology has the latest on the ...
Farmers have shown a renewed interest in planting coffee in the shade of other plants. The resulting farms are visited by a multitude of creatures from ants to birds to bats. Adapted From Eadweard ...
Your choice of coffee can make a difference for birds in tropical parts of the world — and biodiversity overall. In a study on coffee plantations in Africa, we found that coffee farms with shade trees ...
Smithsonian Magazine: Do Shade-Grown Coffee Farms Have a Higher Value Than Carbon Markets Recognize?