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There are various certifications to look
for when you want healthy organic
coffee.
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friendly-coffee/
We have written about USDA
certification and certification by the
Rainforest Alliance and UTZ. And we
have written about shade grown coffee.
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The Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center
has come out with a certification for Bird Friendly Coffee!
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The Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center
has developed the only 100% organic
and shade-grown coffee certification
available: Bird Friendly.
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That's right-no other bag guarantees that every bean is produced organically and under high-quality shade. Our seal of approval ensures tropical "agroforests" are preserved and migratory birds find a healthy haven when they travel from your backyard to those faraway farms producing the beans you so enjoy every morning.
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Bird friendly coffee comes from coffee
plantations with a variety of shade trees
and not just a monoculture on one kind.
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The Smithsonian requires native trees
appropriate for native birds. But, what
makes bird friend coffee so great?
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Shade Grown Coffee
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Growing organic coffee in the shade is how growers follow the traditional means of growing coffee. Coffee is grown in the tropics and traditionally grows on the sides of hills and mountains. The time honored means of planting is to put 20 seeds in a hole of which about half survive to grow into coffee bushes. Traditional planting takes place at the start of the rainy season.
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It takes several years for coffee to mature and start producing coffee beans. Thus traditional growers often plant other crops amount the coffee while it is maturing. Today most growers follow the example set in Brazil of growing seedlings in a greenhouse and then planting outside when they are ready. Growing organic coffee in the shade is done by two methods.
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One is to partially clear forest and plant
coffee. The other is to plant trees
among the coffee in order to provide
shade. When fruit trees are used the
coffee grower enjoys two crops on the
same land.
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And when trees are left in place the
result is bird friendly coffee. Most
experts agree that shade grown coffee
is better coffee, more flavorful and mild.
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But the best part of shade grown coffee
is preservation of the environment. This
method of growing coffee protects the
soil, the water table and the plants.
Because plants are not bunched
together they are less likely to be
infested by insects or plant diseases.
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This removes the need to use powerful
insecticides and pesticides so that the
end result is organic shade grown
coffee. And not using insecticides and
fungicides also results in healthier birds!
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Which Birds Are We Talking About?
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Here is a list of the birds that inhabit or
migrate to tropical and semitropical
coffee plantations and are primary
beneficiaries of bird friendly coffee growing, courtesy of Audubon.
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Sharp-shinned Hawk
Broad-winged Hawk
American Kestrel
Lesser Nighthawk
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Traill's (Willow and Alder) Flycatcher
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Least Flycatcher
Hammond's Flycatcher
Brown-crested Flycatcher
Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher
Western Kingbird
Yellow-throated Vireo
Blue-headed Vireo
Warbling Vireo
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Red-eyed Vireo
Yellow-green Vireo
Violet-green Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Barn Swallow
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
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Swainson's Thrush
Wood Thrush
Golden-winged Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
Nashville Warbler
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Northern Parula
Yellow Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Golden-cheeked Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Townsend's Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
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Black-and-white Warbler
American Redstart
Worm-eating Warbler
Ovenbird
Louisiana Waterthrush
Kentucky Warbler
Mourning Warbler
MacGillivray's Warbler
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Hooded Warbler
Wilson's Warbler
Canada Warbler
Yellow-breasted Chat
Summer Tanager
Western Tanager
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Indigo Bunting
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Painted Bunting
Orchard Oriole
Baltimore Oriole
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