Search results for shade coffee:
Coffee cultivation good for diversity in agrarian settlements but not in forests
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Feb 19, 2009 |
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Coffee shrubs, both in themselves and because they are most often cultivated in the shade of large trees, can have a positive impact on plant and animal diversity in those parts of the landscape that are deforested and dominated ...
Another reason to drink a nice cup of shade-grown joe
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Dec 22, 2008 |
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A new study published in the December 23rd issue of Current Biology, a Cell Press publication, reveals another "eco-friendly" reason to select shade-grown coffee over beans that were grown in the sun: Shade coffee farms ...
Green coffee-growing practices buffer climate-change impacts
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Oct 01, 2008 |
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Chalk up another environmental benefit for shade-grown Latin American coffee: University of Michigan researchers say the technique will provide a buffer against the ravages of climate change in the coming decades.
Shade coffee benefits more than birds
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Dec 22, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Here's one more reason to say "shade grown, please" when you order your morning cup of coffee. Shade coffee farms, which grow coffee under a canopy of multiple tree species, not only harbor ...
Genes involved in coffee quality have been identified
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Feb 06, 2007 |
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To maintain their incomes, growers are increasingly banking on producing quality coffee. However, improving coffee beverage quality means knowing more about the biological processes - flowering, fruit ripening, etc - that ...
One large organic shade-grown coffee, please -- with extra bats
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Apr 03, 2008 |
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If you get a chance to sip some shade-grown Mexican organic coffee, please pause a moment to thank the bats that helped make it possible. At Mexican organic coffee plantations, where pesticides are banned, ...
Shade Tree Coverage Reduces Power Costs
Nov 15, 2008 |
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An Auburn University study sheds new light on just how valuable shade trees are in reducing homeowners’ electricity bills during hot summer months.
California study shows shade trees reduce summertime electricity use
Jan 05, 2009 |
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A recent study shows that shade trees on the west and south sides of a house in California can reduce a homeowner's summertime electric bill by about $25.00 a year. The study, conducted last year on 460 single-family homes ...
New Study: Home Energy Savings Are Made in the Shade
May 06, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Trees positioned to shade the west and south sides of a house may decrease summertime electric bills by 5 percent on average, according to a recent study of California homes by researchers ...
Sun or shade: Pecan leaves' photosynthetic light response evaluated
Nov 03, 2009 |
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Pecan, the most valuable nut tree native to North America, is native from northern Illinois and southeastern Iowa to the Gulf Coast of the United States, where it grows abundantly along the Mississippi River, ...
Shade trees fight global warming in Calif.
Sep 04, 2006 |
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Sacramento, Calif., has decided that when it comes to battling global warming Mother Nature knows best and nothing is better than planting a tree.
Shade myths: How to really stay safe
Aug 21, 2009 |
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Slather on some SPF 30 sunscreen and you know your nose won't turn pink.
A Place in the Sun
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Apr 03, 2008 |
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Those spindly plants that desperately try to reach for a break in the canopy formed by larger plants all suffer from the same affliction: Shade avoidance syndrome or SAS. Now, the molecular details of SAS ...
Get Ready For Total Lunar Eclipse Wednesday Night
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Feb 19, 2008 |
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In the late night hours of Feb. 20, 2008, a total lunar eclipse will dazzle the night sky. And this lunar eclipse may be worth staying up for, because it will be the last one until December 2010.
Case Western Reserve University biologists suspect lightning fires help preserve oak forests
Biology /
Dec 13, 2006 |
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Oak forests may be approaching extinction, but lightning fires may play a vital role in their regeneration, according to Case Western Reserve University biologists.
