This Yoro Biological Corridor Meeting Report marks a historical point in the Corridor’s development, as it finalized the legal framework to implement the progressive model …
Yoro Biological Corridor – Report #2
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Definition of Cafe Solar®
- Cafe Solar® is the first restorative green coffee supply. Designed to address and provide solutions to coffee’s negative social and environmental issues, Cafe Solar® represents a proven model for sustainable coffee production. Its program is fully scalable and can be easily replicated in order to grow the coffee’s positive impact (a.k.a. produce more sustainable coffee).
The three main pillars of the restorative Cafe Solar® supply chain are:
- Solar-Powered Coffee Processing. (The first solar-dried coffee! Replaces conventional wood-burning coffee processing).
- Restorative Farming. (Integrated Open Canopy™: a system of farming that directly contributes to the protection and restoration of the natural forests surrounding the coffee farms).
- Women Managers. (Women are key drivers in measuring and addressing the social and environmental issues).
Source: Information collected and summarized by Merchants of Green Coffee Inc. For more information, please see our Cafe Solar® page.
Our most recent posts related to Cafe Solar®:
Cafe Solar Awarded Scientific Funding
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National Science Foundation (NSF) to Fund Multi-Disciplinary Research of the “Yoro Model” behind Cafe Solar®– processing with renewable energy solar dryer technology and forest restoring method of coffee cultivation …
Podcast: Desperate Times Call for Desperate Measures
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An uncensored and unscripted coffee talk about the global coffee supply chain, “sustainable” coffee, consumer empowerment, and actions that can help lower the coffee carbon footprint today …
Yoro Biological Corridor – Report #1
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The following Yoro Biological Corridor™ Meeting Report marks a significant point in the Corridor’s development, as there is a recognized crisis (45% of protected Honduran Forest Parks have been deforested been deforested in the last 10 years) …
The Life of a Coffee Farmer in Honduras
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Our job as coffee merchants is to tell the story of the grower, and this brief account of the life of a coffee farmer in Honduras is straight from the source …
Solar Dried Coffee Q-Grade
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The q-grading of coffee is a process that consumers don’t typically get access to, and Cafe Solar is not your average coffee; it’s the first solar dried coffee! It’s also a supply of green coffee that’s built to mitigate climate change …
Wake Up! Better Coffee is Here
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Better coffee is here addressing better taste and climate change mitigation. This green coffee is the product of a first-of-its-kind restorative program. Restorative Coffee is green coffee that is produced sustainably and is restoring forests in growing regions …
Podcast: Coffee and Birds
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In this podcast Fabiola Rodriguez, doctoral student from Tulane University, talks about coffee growing and migratory birds in the context of her areas of study: ornithology, ecology, and conservation. She also compares types of coffee farms and how they affect bird habitat …