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Sustained by Sustainable Coffee

Drinking coffee is not necessarily a bad habit, but it can contribute to bad outcomes, including environmental degradation and labor exploitation. Fortunately, we have the knowledge and tools we need to clean up the industry.

NEW YORK – “Men’s natures are alike,” Confucius observed; “it is their habits that carry them far apart.” But there is one habit that unites people worldwide: coffee. The question, asked at the World Coffee Producers Forum in July, is whether the world’s coffee habit – and the industry that enables it – is sustainable.

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