Fonseca, the coffee consultant, said Costa Rican workers won’t fill the void that has been left by fewer arrivals of Nicaraguan workers. So, in the long run, Costa Rican farms will have to ...

The best-quality coffee, most traders agree, comes from delicate, sun-intolerant Arabica plants, which tend to be grown on small farms. Here in Nicaragua, arabica is grown in rain forests more ...

The farm is located in the steep valleys of Los Santos, one of Costa Rica’s most-famous coffee growing regions. But almost none of the people picking coffee there are Costa Ricans. Instead, they come ...

One leading botanist is scouring remote corners of the earth to find new species that could keep our mugs full ...

Last month, Nicholas Gilbert received a delivery of grain for the 1,400 cows he tends at his dairy farm in Potsdam ... Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and the Dominican Republic. It put tariffs on ...

World Coffee Research, an international nonprofit research body, asserts that climate change will mostly affect hot and dry regions of the world, such as Brazil and Nicaragua, rather than areas ...

featuring a coffee farm, horse stables and organic gardens. The property’s location is an ideal jumping-off point for excursions—from hikes through the valley to Mina Escondida waterfall to ...

But this year’s harvest is off to a slow start. Plenty of coffee is growing, but there’s no one to pick it, as Nicaraguan migrant farmers who often fill these jobs are staying home due to the risks ...

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He blames the five main roasters which, according to Oxfam, buy half the world’s coffee. “They buy it cheap and sell it at high prices,” he said. “How can countries like Nicaragua compete?” ...

coffee growers must at times choose between high-yield hybrids or eco-friendly organic farming, weighing sustainability ...