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Ugandan coffee initiative helps women gain financial control

Uganda's top export, coffee, is largely produced by women farmers, who plant, nurture and harvest the crop. Yet women often have little control over the profits of the sale of coffee beans. One initiative in the Sironko region is trying to change that.

Deutsche Welle - Environment - 14 hours ago

More than 1,000 Starbucks employees strike as dress code goes into effect

More than 1,200 Starbucks employees launched a strike this week as the company has enforced a new dress code.

UPI - World - 19 hours ago

Starbucks workers are striking over the chain's new dress code -- More than 1,000 Starbucks baristas at 75 U.S. stores have gone on strike since Sunday, protesting the coffee giant's new dress code.

More than 1,000 Starbucks baristas at 75 U.S. stores have gone on strike since Sunday, protesting the coffee giant's new dress code.

CBS News - Business - 20 hours ago

Commentary: The resilient coffee discovery that could save our morning brew

As climate change puts pressure on supply, new varieties are coming to the fore, says the Financial Times' Anjana Ahuja.

Channel NewsAsia - Opinion - 8 days ago

Coffee roastery, cafe staffed by military vets eyes expansion to South Side

Veteran Roasters, a nonprofit with cafes in the Loop and at O'Hare, is getting ready to open a 16,000 square-foot brewpub and cafe in Pullman.

Chicago Sun-Times - Business - 1 month ago

Colombian farmers switch from coffee to cacao as temperature and prices soar -- Victor Raison

RISARALDA, Colombia — “Before, anyone who wanted to grow cacao at 1,200 or 1,500 meters [3,900 to 4,900 feet] altitude was considered crazy,” says Orlando Quintero Gonzales, an agronomist in Colombia’s Eje Cafetero, or the Coffee Axis. “Today, with climate change reshaping agricultural landscapes, these altitudes could become optimal for this crop.” As small-scale farmers […]

Mongabay - Environment - 1 month ago

Coffee lovers frustrated by low-cost brands' price hikes

Kim, an office worker in her 30s, was irritated when she saw that the price of a large Americano was going to be raised by 300 won ($0.2) at a coffee franchise she frequents.

Korea Times - Business - 1 month ago