Resolved that all levels of the government of the United States purchase shade-grown, forest-friendly coffee for its coffee purchases, and avoid purchasing sun-grown plantation coffee.
Why is this important?
The mesoamerican rain forest stretches from Panama to the five southern states of Mexico. It contains about 10% of the worlds biodiversity. In the last 20 years, almost 40% of the forest land has been burned for pasturing cattle and logging. We are calling on state and federal governments to purchase sustainable organic shade-grown coffee from the forest
