COSA insights shared through major general and industry publications.
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Organic Coffee Market Tops $1.4 Billion in North America, New Survey Shows
The Collaboration features leading firms from Vermont to California and from Florida to Canada.
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North American Organic-Coffee Demand Rose in 2009, Analyst Says
The $1.4 billion organic-coffee market expanded by 4.1 percent this past year and an average 21 percent annually for the past five years, compared with estimated 1 percent growth in the “conventional coffee industry,” Giovannucci said…
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A United Voice
The fourth Terra Madre gathering of food communities came to a close with more than 6,000 participants filling a stadium in Turin to hear a panel of distinguished speakers present the sustainability and food policies drafted during the preceding four days of meetings.
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Organic Coffee Sales Soar Above Competition
At the fifth annual coffee-tasting event hosted in New York, NY by the Organic Coffee Collaboration, a market study was released showing that organic coffee sales have taken off in recent years—big time, and in spite of the trend for coffee in general.
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The Daily Cup Becoming an Expensive Habit
The price of coffee beans is at a historic high, as droughts and heavy rain in the world’s leading coffee-producing regions limit supply, while a rowing taste for coffee over tea in Asia fuels demand.
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Coffee Made Happy
COSA’s collaboration with Mondelez, the world’s second largest coffee company, is a major contribution to building the world’s largest database of coffee farm sustainability metrics.
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S&D, COSA Partner to Better Sustainable Sourcing Impact
September 25, 2016 S&D Coffee & Tea and the Committee on Sustainability Assessment (COSA) have joined forces to broaden S&D’s sustainable sourcing program. The innovative work builds on earlier collaboration […]
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COSA Joins Conservation International’s Sustainable Coffee Challenge
December 1, 2015 Conservation International (CI) announced today the launch of the Sustainable Coffee Challenge a call to action to make coffee the first sustainable agricultural product in the world […]
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GeoT/COSA Bring Big Data to Sustainable Agriculture
October 14, 2015 Pierre Courtemanche, GeoTraceability CEO and Daniele Giovannucci, Co-founder and CEO, COSA are pleased to announce they have signed an Alliance Agreement enabling the organisations to work together […]
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Textile Exchange Builds on Success with Organic Cotton Sustainability Assessment
Textile Exchange (TE) announces the release of The Organic Cotton Sustainability Assessment Tool (OC-SAT) – an online tool that measures the environmental, economic and social aspects of organic cotton production.