| What is Sustainable Shade-Grown Coffee? Shade Grown Coffee (Arabica bean) is grown under the canopy of the rainforest without damaging the trees, bushes, flora or wildlife! The coffee bush is a shade loving plant that thrives in this micro-ecosystem and produce a slightly larger, more flavorful bean than sun grown coffee. If it is Shade Grown it is almost certainly organic naturally. The micro-ecosystem of a Rainforest give the coffee bush everything that it needs to survive and thrive. The soil is fertile. The natural enemies of the coffee bush are kept in check by their natural enemies. It is nature in balance with itself. Sun Grown Coffee (Robusta bean) are grown after clear cutting the rainforest. Sun grown coffee has only been around since the mid 1970’s and it has proven to be an unsustainable micro-ecosystem that requires constant fertilization and the consistent use of pesticides. The price for this, pollution, erosion, flooding, sickness and lower quality products! Shade grown coffee supports the birds and the frogs and all of the thousands of species that make the rainforest their home. It is growing coffee in the rainforest, not growing coffee instead of the rainforest! Be PROUD of your purchase today! |