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Bob and June's Shade Grown Coffee


Shade Grown Coffee

Shade Grown (mostly practiced in Central America) is a process of using the natural shelter provided by a forest canopy for growing coffee. This not only avoids direct sunlight on the crops, but provides sustenance for migratory birds and preserves the forest.


Shade Grown Coffee
In its natural environment, Coffea grows under the shade. Most coffee is produced on full-sun plantations, some of which were prepared through deforestation. Shade grown coffee naturally mulches its environment, lives twice as long as sun grown varieties, and depletes less of the soil's resources..... Read more
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