Made in the Shade

Shade-grown farms boost biodiversity by providing a haven for birds and other animals. They also require far less synthetic fertilizer, pesticides and herbicides than sun-coffee plantations.

Bats, bugs, birds—and coffee

A new-found benefit to organic coffee farmers is another example of how these much-maligned mammals provide ecological services that go largely unnoticed.

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