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Coffee Watch
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A new watchdog dedicated to the proposition that we should make the world a better place with each cup of coffee. From environmental to human rights abuses, we fight to reform the global coffee industry.
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Coffee Watch @coffeewatch.bsky.social · Jul 22
💥 New paper: Tariff wars are rigging coffee against producing countries. Instead of roasting beans at home, farmers are pushed to export raw coffee, locking them in poverty. Now Trump’s hiking tariffs: 50%Brazil, 50% Mexico, 20% Vietnam.

Read the full paper 👇

coffeewatch.org/how-tariff-w...
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Coffee Watch @coffeewatch.bsky.social · 1d
Connectivity is revolutionizing the coffee sector. With real-time farm monitoring, digital traceability, and automated data systems, farmers are leading the way toward transparent, sustainable coffee production.

valorinternational.globo.com/agribusiness...
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Coffee Watch @coffeewatch.bsky.social · 1d
Coffee sustains 125M people but deforestation and soil erosion threaten its future. 🌱

Regenerative farming offers hope: it restores soil, doubles biodiversity & stores 70 tons of carbon per hectare.

When grown regeneratively, coffee helps the planet heal.

www.forbes.com/sites/marian...
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Coffee Watch @coffeewatch.bsky.social · 3d
Read more 👉 mymotherlode.com/news/latin/1...

#AmazonRainforest #Deforestation #CoffeeWatch #SustainableCoffee #ClimateCrisis #RainforestProtection
As Amazon’s ‘flying rivers’ weaken with tree loss, scientists warn of worsening droughts - myMotherLode.com
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Droughts have withered crops in Peru, fires have scorched the Amazon and hydroelectric dams in Ecuador have struggled to keep the lights on as rivers dry up. Scientists say the...
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Coffee Watch @coffeewatch.bsky.social · 3d
🌧️ As the Amazon’s “flying rivers” weaken from deforestation, rainfall across South America is falling fast.

☕ Coffee-growing regions in Brazil, Peru & Bolivia are drying up threatening harvests, farmers’ livelihoods & the rainforest itself.

🌳 Protect forests= Protect coffee
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Coffee Watch @coffeewatch.bsky.social · 3d
🚨 Over 3,700 people have been rescued from slave-like conditions on Brazil’s coffee farms since 1996.

No coffee should come at the cost of human freedom.

👉 Learn more: coffeewatch.org/stop-slavery-tainted-coffee-at-the-border
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Coffee Watch @coffeewatch.bsky.social · 4d
🔗Read More: www.foodnavigator.com/Article/2025...
Are IT problems really to blame for EUDR delay?
The European Commission’s decision to postpone the EUDR sparks debate over whether industry readiness or political pressure is behind the move, with NGOs and compliance firms pointing to far-right inf...
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Coffee Watch @coffeewatch.bsky.social · 4d
Are IT problems really behind the EUDR delay?

The EU says its systems can’t handle the workload, but tech experts insist the data is tiny by modern standards. Meanwhile, Nestlé, Ferrero & Tony’s Chocolonely say they’re ready now.

No more delays, no more deforestation.
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Coffee Watch @coffeewatch.bsky.social · 5d
🎙️ Exciting news - another podcast! Our very own Etelle Higonnet, recently joined the One Bite is Everything Podcast to talk all things coffee, deforestation, exploitation and climate change☕️

🎧Listen now: www.onebiteiseverything.com/whats-in-you...
What’s in Your Coffee? Deforestation, Labor Abuse, and the Fight for a Better Brew with Etelle Higonnet of Coffee Watch
Most of us think of coffee as a comforting ritual or a morning jumpstart. But behind your daily cup of Joe may be a very different reality—one that includes defores…
www.onebiteiseverything.com
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Coffee Watch @coffeewatch.bsky.social · 5d
☕️Big news for coffee drinkers: U.S. Representatives Don Bacon (R-NE) and Ro Khanna (D-CA) are teaming up to introduce a bipartisan bill to eliminate tariffs on coffee products.

Read more: www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...
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Coffee Watch @coffeewatch.bsky.social · 6d
☕️#Coffee prices have spiked 21% in just one year — and the impact is hitting small local shops the hardest.

The U.S. imports most of its coffee from Brazil, but new 50% tariffs on Brazilian beans have sent costs soaring.

🔗Read more: www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/ne...
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Coffee Watch @coffeewatch.bsky.social · 7d
🎧Coffee Watch Director, Etelle Higonnet, joins the latest episode ofThe Matrix Green Pill podcast.

Listen here: 🔗https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFnrUjvK-zI
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Coffee Watch @coffeewatch.bsky.social · 8d
🚨 A judge has blocked #Starbucks attempt to dismiss a #lawsuit over its “100% ethically sourced” claims. The case points to child & forced labor in its supply chains — a major step forward in the fight against #greenwashing.

Read more: www.thecooldown.com/green-busine...
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Coffee Watch @coffeewatch.bsky.social · 9d
Our daily brew comes at a high environmental price—time to rethink how coffee is grown and demand more sustainable practices 🌍💧🌱

Read more: openknowledge.fao.org/server/api/c...
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Coffee Watch @coffeewatch.bsky.social · 9d
☕ Behind every cup of coffee is a hidden climate cost. An FAO study shows that each kilo of East African coffee can cause up to $1.21 in climate damages—from carbon emissions and forest loss to polluted water sources.
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Coffee Watch @coffeewatch.bsky.social · 9d
🎧Check out the latest episode of #GravityFM, a podcast on the #environment and #humanrights hosted by #GlobalWitnessFoundation Chair #AlexandraArneri. Etelle joins Alexandra for a deep dive on coffee!☕️

🔗https://thegravity.fm/#/episode/67
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Coffee Watch @coffeewatch.bsky.social · 9d
#Deforestation is not just about trees. It is about protecting biodiversity, food security, and the future of our planet. The #EUDR was designed to ensure products like #coffee, palm oil, & soy are free from deforestation.

Without it, destructive supply chains remain unchecked.
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Coffee Watch @coffeewatch.bsky.social · 10d
🚨 Another setback for forests.

The EU has once again proposed delaying the Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) until December 2026.

Sam Lawson of Earthsight warned: “Forests do not have the luxury of waiting until 2026." 🌍🌳

news.mongabay.com/short-articl...

#EUDR #StopDeforestation
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Coffee Watch @coffeewatch.bsky.social · 12d
🌍 The EU is proposing to delay its anti-deforestation law again - this time to Dec 2026. Every delay means more forests lost, more carbon released, & more biodiversity destroyed. 🌱 Forests cannot wait.

🔗 Read more: news.mongabay.com/short-articl...

#EUDR #Deforestation #ClimateCrisis
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Coffee Watch @coffeewatch.bsky.social · 13d
Billions of iced + hot coffee cups end up in landfills every year. ☕🗑️
Each one can shed hundreds of microplastic particles into your drink + our environment. 🌍🐟Instead:

✅ Bring a reusable
✅ Support return-cup systems
✅ Push for real solutions

👉 Read more: pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
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Friends of the Earth Europe @foeeurope.bsky.social · 15d
😐 Bad news: EU anti-deforestation law delayed once again #EUDR

🤩 Good news: you can protest against it right away

Guess we weren’t loud enough. Let’s make sure the European Parliament and Member States hear us 📢

The time to protest ➕ demand vital protections for the environment is NOW.
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Greenpeace EU @greenpeace.eu · 15d
The European Commission has shown the world that it is hostage to industries and their political friends who are hellbent on squeezing every cent out of the destruction of the natural world

Our comment on the EU *again* delaying its vital law to protect the world's forests, #EUDR
EU Commission sounds second retreat to make way for corporations profiting from nature destruction - Greenpeace European Unit
The European Commission announced on Tuesday that it will once again delay the application of the EU deforestation regulation. As a result, European consumers will continue to unwittingly contribute t...
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WWF EU @wwf.eu · 15d
"Dog ate my homework": @ec.europa.eu loses face over #EUDR 'IT problems' 😱

A massive embarrassment for @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu!

Shows lack of political will, caving into #deregulation pressure & stranding corporate investments

www.wwf.eu?19285941/The...

#Together4Forests #HandsOffNature
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Coffee Watch @coffeewatch.bsky.social · 15d
☕️ Coffee farmers and workers need a living income. That means fair pay that covers food, housing, healthcare, education for them & their families. Without it, the true cost of your cup is exploitation.

🎙️https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VuvJIeGlyGg
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Coffee Watch @coffeewatch.bsky.social · 15d
Cooxupé is Brasil's leading coffee exporter - supplying major brands. It is also the subject of our recent petition to US CBP to block imports of slavery-tainted coffee into the US. 🔗https://coffeewatch.org/stop-slavery-tainted-coffee-at-the-border/
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Coffee Watch @coffeewatch.bsky.social · 15d
On Sep 16, Reporter Brasil reported that several more workers were rescued from conditions akin to slavery on coffee farms supplying Cooxupé during the recent 2025 harvest - including a child as young as 12!

🔗Read more: reporterbrasil.org.br/2025/09/braz...
Brazil’s largest coffee cooperative linked to new slave labor cases
Cooxupé accounts for about 10% of the country’s coffee exports and supplies global giants such as U.S.-based Starbucks
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