Comments on: Bird Friendly Coffee For All You Coffee Lovers http://buildyourownbirdhouseplans.com/blog/2008/02/28/bird-friendly-coffee-for-all-you-coffee-lovers/ Who Wants To Learn More About How To Attract Wild Birds To Your Backyard? Thu, 09 Sep 2010 12:55:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2 By: Larry http://buildyourownbirdhouseplans.com/blog/2008/02/28/bird-friendly-coffee-for-all-you-coffee-lovers/#comment-1812 Larry Mon, 14 Jul 2008 13:47:49 +0000 http://buildyourownbirdhouseplans.com/blog/2008/02/28/bird-friendly-coffee-for-all-you-coffee-lovers/#comment-1812 Here is a comment from July posted on Will's page: Author: Julie Comment: I'm an ecologist that writes a blog all about sustainable coffee, so perhaps I can answer George's question. For a coffee to get Smithsonian's Bird-Friendly certification, it must also be certified organic. Farmers get a price premium for the organic certification, and often also get a price premium for the Bird-Friendly certification. Some of these coffees may also be Fair Trade certified, some may not. This might be due to a number of reasons, not the least of which is that Fair Trade certification is only available to cooperatives -- individual small farmers or even larger family-owned estates do not qualify. Smithsonian Bird-Friendly has the best and most stringent environmental criteria, but is also the smallest certifier. Still, if you know what to look for you can find sustainable (eco-friendly and providing a good living for farmers). I have a post providing some tips: http://www.coffeehabitat.com/2007/05/top_5.html And a whole lot more about these issues! Thanks for bringing this to the attention of people! Julies last blog post..<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/coffeehabitat/~3/334636503/what-is-the-market-share-of-certified-coffees.html" rel="nofollow">What is the market share of eco-certified coffee?</a> Here is a comment from July posted on Will’s page:

Author: Julie
Comment:
I’m an ecologist that writes a blog all about sustainable coffee, so perhaps I can answer George’s question.

For a coffee to get Smithsonian’s Bird-Friendly certification, it must also be certified organic. Farmers get a price premium for the organic certification, and often also get a price premium for the Bird-Friendly certification. Some of these coffees may also be Fair Trade certified, some may not. This might be due to a number of reasons, not the least of which is that Fair Trade certification is only available to cooperatives — individual small farmers or even larger family-owned estates do not qualify.

Smithsonian Bird-Friendly has the best and most stringent environmental criteria, but is also the smallest certifier. Still, if you know what to look for you can find sustainable (eco-friendly and providing a good living for farmers). I have a post providing some tips:

http://www.coffeehabitat.com/2007/05/top_5.html

And a whole lot more about these issues! Thanks for bringing this to the attention of people!

Julies last blog post..What is the market share of eco-certified coffee?

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