Regenerative Coffee Farming Offers Path to End Industry Exploitation
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📰 The quick summary: Regenerative coffee farming through agroforestry methods is emerging as a solution to coffee industry exploitation, offering a path to eliminate deforestation, child labor, and slavery while improving farmer livelihoods.
📈 One key stat: 91% of Ethiopian, 74% of Colombian, and 64% of Honduran coffee farming families use child workers, highlighting the urgent need for industry reform.
💬 One key quote: “To the best of my knowledge, there are literally millions of kids working in coffee, and if you have been drinking coffee your whole life, like me, you have been drinking child labor, slavery, and deforestation,” Higonnet told host Mike DiGirolamo.“
1️⃣ The big picture: The coffee industry is currently plagued by serious ethical and environmental issues, serving as the sixth-largest driver of deforestation globally and being rife with human rights abuses including slavery and child labor. More than 100 million people depend on coffee for their livelihoods, yet most farmers earn less than $2.15 daily while corporations profit handsomely. These problems are interconnected – high coffee prices drive further deforestation as farmers clear land to grow more. Etelle Higonnet, founder of Coffee Watch, points to regenerative agroforestry as a key solution, returning to traditional shade-grown methods that benefit both people and the environment.
2️⃣ Why is this good news: Solutions to make coffee sustainable and ethical already exist and are being implemented successfully by leading coffee companies. Regenerative agroforestry, which involves growing coffee in the shade of trees as it was done traditionally before commercialization, offers a practical approach to stop deforestation while improving conditions for farmers. Satellite mapping technology makes tracking and preventing deforestation relatively straightforward for companies willing to invest in ethical sourcing. The European Union Deforestation Regulation, when implemented, could transform the global coffee trade by prohibiting deforestation-tainted coffee from entering the EU market, which represents 26% of global coffee consumption.
3️⃣ What’s next: Coffee drinkers can support brands that prioritize forests and fair treatment of farmers while asking their favorite shops to source organic, ethical coffee. Consumers can visit the Coffee Watch website to sign petitions calling for industry reform. The full implementation of the European Union Deforestation Regulation, despite industry opposition, would dramatically accelerate the transition to sustainable coffee production.
Read the full story here: Mongabay.com – A better brew: How regenerative coffee could root out exploitation
