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Colombian farmers move from coca to coffee with Starbucks support
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MANIZALES, Colombia – Alfredo Nuno’s morning ritual has been the same for the past 18 years: Wake up, grind coffee beans, pour the grounds into a coffee press, let them steep in water, take a sip – and feel the past and present rise up and meet. It’s a humbling moment, he said on a recent morning.
Coffee is the first ambassador of Colombia in the world, says FNC head
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BOGOTA, Colombia – Colombian coffee is known around the world – especially in the United States – the name Juan Valdez is synonymous with quality. The iconic farmer and his donkey Conchita were born out of a clever marketing campaign by the National Federation of Coffee Growers (FNC) that created an icon out of the moustachioed ...
In the face of Colombia’s coca boom, coffee & cocoa farming offer a remedy
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WASHINGTON, U.S. – Colombia, still in a delicate phase of its history as it struggles to revive from five decades of war, is seeing a dramatic rise in coca cultivation. According to an analysis by the Washington Office on Latin America, this coca boom could be the largest ever.
Coffee’s role in the future of a peaceful Colombia
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A few weeks ago, some exciting and hopeful news came out of Colombia. You might have missed it, as It was predictably lost in...
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