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Tecolote Coffee

TECOLOTE COFFEE TACKLES COFFEE FARMER DEBT

Newly-launched US importer of Guatemalan coffees Tecolote Coffee announces its mission to reduce coffee producer debt. The company brings a number of strategies to the market to further this goal. For example, Tecolote Coffee supports farmers in the development of marketing materials and access to specialty markets; supplies vital production equipment such as moisture meters

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NATIONAL PARKS

INVESTIGATION LINKS CHOCOLATE TO DESTRUCTION OF NATIONAL PARKS IN WEST AFRICA

An investigation by Mighty Earth, ‘Chocolate’s Dark Secret,’ has found that a large amount of the cocoa used in chocolate produced by Mars, Nestlé, Hershey’s, Godiva and other major chocolate companies was ‘grown illegally’ in national parks and other protected areas in Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana. “The report documents how in several national parks and

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ETHICAL

ILLYCAFFÈ NAMED WORLD’S MOST ETHICAL COMPANY

illycaffè SpA, the well known Italian coffee company, has been recognized by the Ethisphere Institute as its 2017 World’s Most Ethical Company. illycaffè has now been recognized for five consecutive years, underscoring the company’s commitment to leading ethical business standards and practices. “Companies are the bricks and mortar of modern society and in order to

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