https://dailycoffeenews.com/tag/birds/ Business news for specialty coffee professionals Thu, 11 Jul 2024 16:41:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.1 https://dailycoffeenews.com/2024/07/11/british-columbia-startup-kea-coffee-roasters-offers-plenty-to-explore/ Thu, 11 Jul 2024 14:05:18 +0000 https://dailycoffeenews.com/?p=180755 Canadian specialty coffee hatchling Kea Coffee Roasters has spread its wings in mountainous British Columbia, offering freshly roasted coffees guided by a spirit of curiosity.  Referencing an alpine parrot species...]]> https://dailycoffeenews.com/2024/05/27/inside-a-pioneering-program-to-protect-coffee-and-birds-in-venezuela/ Mon, 27 May 2024 12:50:37 +0000 https://dailycoffeenews.com/?p=179877 The Aves y Cafe program in Venezuela aids rural communities by encouraging community-centered shade coffee agroforestry, while protecting rare and migrating birds. The project has so far succeeded in protecting...]]> https://dailycoffeenews.com/2024/02/06/how-shade-coffee-lends-conservation-a-hand/ Tue, 06 Feb 2024 16:27:58 +0000 https://dailycoffeenews.com/?p=177635 When managed in the right way, the farms that provide our morning brew can be a refuge for plant and animal biodiversity Q&A — Ecologist Ivette Perfecto Up in the...]]> https://dailycoffeenews.com/2022/07/29/land-sparing-or-land-sharing-study-suggests-biodiversity-in-coffee-lands-requires-both/ https://dailycoffeenews.com/2022/07/29/land-sparing-or-land-sharing-study-suggests-biodiversity-in-coffee-lands-requires-both/#comments Fri, 29 Jul 2022 16:34:54 +0000 https://dailycoffeenews.com/?p=163232 Given the fact that commercial farming of any kind requires large swaths of land, the very concept of sustainable coffee production remains paradoxical. As the authors of a groundbreaking new...]]> https://dailycoffeenews.com/2022/07/29/land-sparing-or-land-sharing-study-suggests-biodiversity-in-coffee-lands-requires-both/feed/ 1 https://dailycoffeenews.com/2022/07/21/how-the-birds-and-the-bees-help-coffee-plants/ https://dailycoffeenews.com/2022/07/21/how-the-birds-and-the-bees-help-coffee-plants/#comments Thu, 21 Jul 2022 15:58:28 +0000 https://dailycoffeenews.com/?p=162772 Sipping a coffee on your way to work is a ritual most people take for granted without thinking about how the delicious coffee beans reached their cup. You probably know...]]> https://dailycoffeenews.com/2022/07/21/how-the-birds-and-the-bees-help-coffee-plants/feed/ 1 https://dailycoffeenews.com/2022/05/11/birds-and-bees-combined-give-big-boost-to-coffee-crops-study-shows/ https://dailycoffeenews.com/2022/05/11/birds-and-bees-combined-give-big-boost-to-coffee-crops-study-shows/#comments Wed, 11 May 2022 19:57:45 +0000 https://dailycoffeenews.com/?p=161741 A new study involving real-world experiments at 30 coffee farms has found that coffee fruit health and production is dramatically improved with the increased presence of both birds and bees....]]> https://dailycoffeenews.com/2022/05/11/birds-and-bees-combined-give-big-boost-to-coffee-crops-study-shows/feed/ 1 https://dailycoffeenews.com/2021/06/18/quality-brews-for-the-birds-at-pittsburghs-redstart-roasters/ https://dailycoffeenews.com/2021/06/18/quality-brews-for-the-birds-at-pittsburghs-redstart-roasters/#comments Fri, 18 Jun 2021 14:28:08 +0000 https://dailycoffeenews.com/?p=154969 Though its namesake is migratory in nature, Redstart Roasters is hoping its first retail cafe can become a year-round home for great coffee in Pittsburgh. The 4-year-old roasting company and...]]> https://dailycoffeenews.com/2021/06/18/quality-brews-for-the-birds-at-pittsburghs-redstart-roasters/feed/ 1 https://dailycoffeenews.com/2021/03/02/study-finds-hardcore-birdwatcher-coffee-drinkers-largely-unaware-of-bird-friendly-certification/ https://dailycoffeenews.com/2021/03/02/study-finds-hardcore-birdwatcher-coffee-drinkers-largely-unaware-of-bird-friendly-certification/#comments Tue, 02 Mar 2021 18:30:50 +0000 https://dailycoffeenews.com/?p=118590 A survey of nearly 1,000 people who identified as birdwatchers and coffee drinkers found that only 9% have purchased bird-friendly-certified coffee, despite nearly half of all respondents identifying “conservation of...]]> https://dailycoffeenews.com/2021/03/02/study-finds-hardcore-birdwatcher-coffee-drinkers-largely-unaware-of-bird-friendly-certification/feed/ 1 https://dailycoffeenews.com/2019/11/27/just-hatched-in-indiana-wood-warbler-coffee-is-for-the-birds/ https://dailycoffeenews.com/2019/11/27/just-hatched-in-indiana-wood-warbler-coffee-is-for-the-birds/#comments Wed, 27 Nov 2019 15:41:26 +0000 https://dailycoffeenews.com/?p=105870 In the constant flow of hot air through a fluid-bed coffee roasting chamber, beans will flutter around like frisky birds. Since August, the fluid-bed roasters at Indiana’s Wood Warbler Coffee...]]> https://dailycoffeenews.com/2019/11/27/just-hatched-in-indiana-wood-warbler-coffee-is-for-the-birds/feed/ 1 https://dailycoffeenews.com/2019/06/19/shade-grown-doesnt-necessarily-mean-bird-friendly-researchers-find/ https://dailycoffeenews.com/2019/06/19/shade-grown-doesnt-necessarily-mean-bird-friendly-researchers-find/#comments Wed, 19 Jun 2019 21:37:32 +0000 https://dailycoffeenews.com/?p=101310 In coffee, the ongoing assumption is that the term “shade-grown” connotes increased biodiversity and some amount of bird friendliness. Yet as the local environmental effects of coffee-driven deforestation and agroforestry...]]> https://dailycoffeenews.com/2019/06/19/shade-grown-doesnt-necessarily-mean-bird-friendly-researchers-find/feed/ 4