Azteca ant colonies move the same way leopards' spots form
What could Azteca ants in coffee farms in Mexico have in common with leopards' spots and zebras' stripes?
Plants & Animals
Dec 11, 2019
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News tagged with coffee farms
The secret to better coffee? The birds and the bees
A groundbreaking new study finds that coffee beans are bigger and more plentiful when birds and bees team up to protect and pollinate coffee plants.
Ecology
Apr 4, 2022
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Shade-coffee farms support native bees that help maintain genetic diversity in remnant tropical forests
(PhysOrg.com) -- Shade-grown coffee farms support native bees that help maintain the health of some of the world's most biodiverse tropical regions, according to a study by a University of Michigan biologist and a colleague ...
Ecology
Jul 26, 2010
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Future demand and climate change could make coffee a driver of deforestation
A report released today by Conservation International found that the future demand for coffee and the impacts of climate change have the potential to make coffee production a future driver of deforestation, which could threaten ...
Ecology
Apr 14, 2016
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How the birds and the bees help coffee plants
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 it comes from tropical regions. But what is less well-known ...
Ecology
Jul 5, 2022
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Parasitic fungi and the battle against coffee rust disease
Coffee rust has ravaged Latin American plantations for several years, leading to reductions in annual coffee production of up to 30 percent in some countries and threatening the livelihoods of hundreds of thousands of small-scale ...
Ecology
Nov 13, 2015
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Blame coffee farm rust fungus for rising coffee prices
Wonder why that cup o' joe is so expensive? The culprit, says ecologist Ivette Perfecto of the University of Michigan, is a fungus sweeping through coffee plantations in Mexico and Central America, limiting coffee production ...
Ecology
Sep 30, 2014
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Agricultural certification stimulates compliance with environmental legislation by coffee farms in Brazil
Agricultural certification can act as an incentive for coffee growers and other farmers to comply with laws designed to protect the environment, promoting their alignment with the current demands of society and the market, ...
Environment
Mar 9, 2023
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Avoiding a bitter end for coffee from climate change
I didn't start drinking coffee until this past fall. Despite working as a barista for four years, and growing up in a household that takes their coffee by IV, I just never had a taste for it. The last straw that turned my ...
Ecology
Apr 5, 2021
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How climate-friendly is your cup of coffee?
Coffee drinkers are encouraged to buy environmentally-friendly coffee, whether it be certified, organic or shade coffee (grown under the shade of trees that are important habitat for birds), but how effective are these ways ...
Environment
Jul 3, 2013
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