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  • it can be, but what those trees are are crucial, are they a secondary crop or a subsistence crop? how do they work agronomically? The title of the piece is click baity and there is little evidence to show that shade grown coffee is of better quality across the board than non shade grown, too many other factors are at play

    Agree on the advertorial nature of it and I notice that there is not mention of the price paid to the producers apart from to claim £9,50 a bag is expensive, which it isnt. £9.50 is cheap, very cheap when considering the costs all the way up the value stream from the producers.

  • I'd buy lower quality shade coffee over unshaded if it helps slow deforestation.

    I guess coffee is likely a drop in the ocean compared to beef & palm oil?

  • Yup, and soya.

    But it’s not as easy as that. If it’s shade grown or wild then it’s likely that the yield for the farmer is less, so be happy to pay more for the coffee.

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